The time has come to stop castrating piglets

Piglet castration is no producer’s favourite job. And the practice does not improve to the pig industry’s image either. At a recent pig veterinary symposium, Pig Progress editor Vincent ter Beek heard a pork processor call for creating a more positive image of the swine industry. Could this be the beginning of the end of castration? One of the most intriguing moments of this year’s edition of the European Symposium for Porcine Health Management (ESPHM) in Budapest, Hungary, took place a