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Animal, 2011 In many countries, male pigs are castrated to prevent boar taint, but this practice raises concerns about animal welfare and reduces the production efficiency of pork. The objective of this study was to develop dietary manipulations to prevent boar taint.
K. Jen, E.J. Squires
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Animal, 2007 Boar taint is a major meat-quality defect in pigs and is due to excessive accumulation of skatole and androstenone in adipose tissue. The present work investigated the relationship between carcass weight, levels of skatole and androstenone in adipose ...
S.I. Nicolau-Solano +3 more
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Olfactory sensitivity to the pheromone, androstenone, is sexually dimorphic in the pig
Physiology & Behavior, 1995 Sexually dimorphic pheromone pathways have been used successfully to study insect olfactory coding. As one of the few mammalian species with an identified sex pheromone, the domestic pig (Sus scrofa) may be an ideal vertebrate species in which to examine sex differences in olfactory processing of a specific stimulus.
K M, Dorries +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2015 Steroids metabolism plays an important role in mammals and contributes to quality of pig meat. The main objective of this study was to identify metabolites of androstenone, 17β-estradiol and dihydrotestosterone using primary cultured pig hepatocytes as a
Gang Chen +7 more
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Modulation of porcine cytochrome P450 enzyme activities by surgical castration and immunocastration
Animal, 2009 The present study aimed to evaluate some cytochrome P450 metabolic enzyme activities in hepatic microsomes prepared from entire male pigs (uncastrated pigs), surgically castrated pigs and pigs immunized against gonadotropin-releasing hormone ...
G. Zamaratskaia +3 more
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Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2014 The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of active immunisation against recombinant maltose binding protein-gonadotropin releasing hormone I (MBP-GnRH-I6) in preventing boar taint.
Ya Liu +9 more
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Association between SNPs within candidate genes and compounds related to boar taint and reproduction
BMC Genetics, 2009 Background Boar taint is an unpleasant odour and flavour of the meat from some uncastrated male pigs primarily caused by elevated levels of androstenone and skatole in adipose tissue.
Meuwissen Theo HE +6 more
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Influence of breed and slaughter weight on boar taint prevalence in entire male pigs
Animal, 2011 Piétrain (P), Large White (LW) and Belgian Landrace stress negative (BN) boars were slaughtered at 50, 70, 90 or 110 kg live weight to investigate breed differences and the effect of slaughter weight on boar taint prevalence. Boar taint was quantified by
M. Aluwé +6 more
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A Rapid Radioimmunological Evaluation of the Androstenone Content in Boar Fat
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 1979 Fat from boars containing androstenone is absorbed to a piece of filter paper. The filter paper is then placed in a tube and a buffer containing antibodies against androstenone is added. Following incubation the filter paper is removed, and by measurement of the residual binding capacity for androstenone in the buffer a relative value for androstenone ...
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Factors affecting the level of androstenone [PDF]
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2006 openaire +3 more sources