Attitudes and beliefs of Eastern European consumers towards piglet castration and meat from castrated pigs

Tomasevic, Igor and Bahelka, Ivan and Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta and Čítek, Jaroslav and Djekić, Ilija and Djurkin Kušec, Ivona and Getya, Andriy and Guerrero, Luis and Iordăchescu, Gabriela and Ivanova, Sonya and Nakov, Dimitar and Sołowiej, Bartosz G. and Szabó, Csaba and Tudoreanu, Liliana and Weiler, Ulrike and Font-i-Furnols, Maria (2020) Attitudes and beliefs of Eastern European consumers towards piglet castration and meat from castrated pigs. Meat Science, 160. p. 107965. ISSN 03091740

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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 re�garding 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.

Item Type:	Article
Impact Factor Value:	3.664
Subjects:	Agricultural Sciences > Animal and dairy science
Divisions:	Faculty of Agriculture
Depositing User:	Dimitar Nakov
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2023 08:02
Last Modified:	27 Jan 2023 08:02
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/30965

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