Castration of male piglets is a common practice to avoid boar taint but is being questioned. The present work has an exploratory character and aims to investigate the beliefs and attitudes of Eastern European consumers regarding boar taint, surgical castration immunocastration and perception of meat from castrated pigs and to find out possible segments of consumers regarding these attitudes and beliefs. For this purpose, a consumer study was carried out involving 5508 consumers from 13 Eastern European countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, North Macedonia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine). The questionnaire included statements related to beliefs about castration and perception of meat from castrated pigs, attitudes towards meat from castrated pigs. Results show that in general beliefs and attitudes of the consumers are not defined, probably because of the lack of knowledge (information was not provided to the con...sumers) towards these issues. Three different clusters of consumers were obtained with different beliefs towards castration.
Keywords:
Immunocastration / Boar taint / Animal welfare
Source:
Meat Science, 2020, 160
Publisher:
Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford
Funding / projects:
COST ActionEuropean Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) [CA 15215]
TY - JOUR
AU - Tomašević, Igor
AU - Bahelka, Ivan
AU - Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta
AU - Citek, Jaroslav
AU - Đekić, Ilija
AU - Djurkin Kusec, Ivona
AU - Getya, Andriy
AU - Guerrero, Luis
AU - Iordachescu, Gabriela
AU - Ivanova, Sonya
AU - Nakov, Dimitar
AU - Solowiej, Bartosz
AU - Szabo, Csaba
AU - Tudoreanu, Liliana
AU - Weiler, Ulrike
AU - Font-i-Furnols, Maria
PY - 2020
UR - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5359
AB - Castration of male piglets is a common practice to avoid boar taint but is being questioned. The present work has an exploratory character and aims to investigate the beliefs and attitudes of Eastern European consumers regarding boar taint, surgical castration immunocastration and perception of meat from castrated pigs and to find out possible segments of consumers regarding these attitudes and beliefs. For this purpose, a consumer study was carried out involving 5508 consumers from 13 Eastern European countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, North Macedonia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine). The questionnaire included statements related to beliefs about castration and perception of meat from castrated pigs, attitudes towards meat from castrated pigs. Results show that in general beliefs and attitudes of the consumers are not defined, probably because of the lack of knowledge (information was not provided to the consumers) towards these issues. Three different clusters of consumers were obtained with different beliefs towards castration.
PB - Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford
T2 - Meat Science
T1 - Attitudes and beliefs of Eastern European consumers towards piglet castration and meat from castrated pigs
VL - 160
DO - 10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107965
ER -
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author = "Tomašević, Igor and Bahelka, Ivan and Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta and Citek, Jaroslav and Đekić, Ilija and Djurkin Kusec, Ivona and Getya, Andriy and Guerrero, Luis and Iordachescu, Gabriela and Ivanova, Sonya and Nakov, Dimitar and Solowiej, Bartosz and Szabo, Csaba and Tudoreanu, Liliana and Weiler, Ulrike and Font-i-Furnols, Maria",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Castration of male piglets is a common practice to avoid boar taint but is being questioned. The present work has an exploratory character and aims to investigate the beliefs and attitudes of Eastern European consumers regarding boar taint, surgical castration immunocastration and perception of meat from castrated pigs and to find out possible segments of consumers regarding these attitudes and beliefs. For this purpose, a consumer study was carried out involving 5508 consumers from 13 Eastern European countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, North Macedonia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine). The questionnaire included statements related to beliefs about castration and perception of meat from castrated pigs, attitudes towards meat from castrated pigs. Results show that in general beliefs and attitudes of the consumers are not defined, probably because of the lack of knowledge (information was not provided to the consumers) towards these issues. Three different clusters of consumers were obtained with different beliefs towards castration.",
publisher = "Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford",
journal = "Meat Science",
title = "Attitudes and beliefs of Eastern European consumers towards piglet castration and meat from castrated pigs",
volume = "160",
doi = "10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107965"
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Tomašević, I., Bahelka, I., Čandek-Potokar, M., Citek, J., Đekić, I., Djurkin Kusec, I., Getya, A., Guerrero, L., Iordachescu, G., Ivanova, S., Nakov, D., Solowiej, B., Szabo, C., Tudoreanu, L., Weiler, U.,& Font-i-Furnols, M.. (2020). Attitudes and beliefs of Eastern European consumers towards piglet castration and meat from castrated pigs. in Meat Science
Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford., 160.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107965
Tomašević I, Bahelka I, Čandek-Potokar M, Citek J, Đekić I, Djurkin Kusec I, Getya A, Guerrero L, Iordachescu G, Ivanova S, Nakov D, Solowiej B, Szabo C, Tudoreanu L, Weiler U, Font-i-Furnols M. Attitudes and beliefs of Eastern European consumers towards piglet castration and meat from castrated pigs. in Meat Science. 2020;160.
doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107965 .
Tomašević, Igor, Bahelka, Ivan, Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta, Citek, Jaroslav, Đekić, Ilija, Djurkin Kusec, Ivona, Getya, Andriy, Guerrero, Luis, Iordachescu, Gabriela, Ivanova, Sonya, Nakov, Dimitar, Solowiej, Bartosz, Szabo, Csaba, Tudoreanu, Liliana, Weiler, Ulrike, Font-i-Furnols, Maria, "Attitudes and beliefs of Eastern European consumers towards piglet castration and meat from castrated pigs" in Meat Science, 160 (2020),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107965 . .
