Is gene editing an acceptable alternative to castration in pigs?

• Maria Cristina Yunes ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Cristina Yunes, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk, Maria J. Hötzel

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratório de Etologia Aplicada e Bem-Estar Animal, Departamento de Zootecnia e Desenvolvimento Rural, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3815-4086

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• Dayane L. Teixeira,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Ciencias Animales, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Cristina Yunes, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk, Maria J. Hötzel

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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• Maria J. Hötzel

  Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Cristina Yunes, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk, Maria J. Hötzel

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: maria.j.hotzel@ufsc.br

  Affiliation Laboratório de Etologia Aplicada e Bem-Estar Animal, Departamento de Zootecnia e Desenvolvimento Rural, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

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