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Understanding Improvest
2013-01-15 16:14:00| National Hog Farmer
Pfizer Animal Healths immunological alternative to physical castration could potentially impact performance of 50 million pigs. By Dale Miller, Editor Branded as Improvest in the United States, the generic name for the active ingredient is gonadotropin releasing factor analog-diphtheria toxoid conjugate. Its mode of action is to temporarily and immunologically block gonadotropin releasing factor (GnRF), which reduces the levels of androstenone and skatole in mature male pigs the primary source of off odors in pork. read more
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