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Animal Welfare Consequences of Organic Boar Fattening and Occurrence of Boar Taint on Five Commercial Farms [PDF]

Animals, 2021
The welfare of male fattening pigs may be improved by refraining from castration, but may be compromised, in turn, by harmful social behaviour in groups of boars. In addition, boar taint may be problematic.
Jeannette C. Lange, Anita Lange, Ute Knierim   +2 more
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Assessing boar taint in Portuguese pork: A small-scale study of prevalence and classification via established detection thresholds

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
Aim of study: To assess the boar taint prevalence in the Portuguese pork industry through an observational study model by measuring skatole and androstenone levels in fat and to compare it with the estimated thresholds for these compounds among ...
Ricardo Pereira-Pinto, Carla Barbosa, Fernando Mata, Núria Reis, Diana Barros, Manuela Vaz-Velho   +5 more
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Evaluation of the effect of surgical and immunological castration of male pigs on boar taint compounds in oral fluid and fat tissue by LC-MS/MS method [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2020
An effective way of preventing undesirable boar taint in pork meat caused by the presence of androstenone, skatole and indole is surgical castration of piglets. This, however, arouses growing social opposition.
Woźniak Barbara, Cybulski Piotr, Jabłoński Artur, Witek Sebastian, Matraszek-Żuchowska Iwona   +4 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, S. Millet, K.M. Bekaert, F.A.M. Tuyttens, L. Vanhaecke, S. De Smet, D.L. De Brabander   +6 more
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Genome-wide association scan and phased haplotype construction for quantitative trait loci affecting boar taint in three pig breeds

BMC Genomics, 2012
Background Boar taint is the undesirable smell and taste of pork meat derived from some entire male pigs. The main causes of boar taint are the two compounds androstenone and skatole (3-methyl-indole). The steroid androstenone is a sex pheromone produced
Gregersen Vivi R, Conley Lene N, Sørensen Kirsten K, Guldbrandtsen Bernt, Velander Ingela H, Bendixen Christian   +5 more
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Field experience with surgical castration with anaesthesia, analgesia, immunocastration and production of entire male pigs: performance, carcass traits and boar taint prevalence

Animal, 2015
Male piglets are castrated to reduce boar taint and also to reduce aggressive and sexual behaviour. However, the procedure as traditionally performed is painful and negatively affects performance.
M. Aluwé, F.A.M. Tuyttens, S. Millet
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Pig meat quality from entire males

Animal, 2009
This paper constitutes an updated review of the production and meat quality aspects of rearing entire male pigs. Since a major obstacle in rearing entire males is the incidence of boar taint, possible methods for detection are also summarised.
K. Lundström, K.R. Matthews, J.-E. Haugen   +2 more
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Male Reproductive Organ Weight: Criteria for Detection of Androstenone-Positive Carcasses in Immunocastrated and Entire Male Pigs

Animals, 2023
Immunocastration and rearing of entire males (EMs) are sustainable alternatives to surgical castration. However, these animal carcasses have variable risk of boar taint and should be identified at the slaughter line.
Gregor Fazarinc, Nina Batorek-Lukač, Martin Škrlep, Klavdija Poklukar, Alice Van den Broeke, Kevin Kress, Etienne Labussière, Volker Stefanski, Milka Vrecl, Marjeta Čandek-Potokar   +9 more
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Raising entire male pigs: comparison of growth performance and meat quality of the Bísara breed and a terminal cross - a pilot study

Frontiers in Animal Science
Rearing entire male pigs presents several benefits, including enhanced feed efficiency, reduced environmental impact, and improved animal welfare. However, the risk of boar taint poses a significant challenge to pork quality.
Ricardo Pereira-Pinto, José Pedro Araújo, José Pedro Araújo, Joaquim Cerqueira, Joaquim Cerqueira, Fernando Mata, Preciosa Pires, Manuela Vaz-Velho   +7 more
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In vitro assessment of the effectiveness of non-nutritive sorbent materials as binding agents for boar taint compounds

Animal, 2011
Boar taint, an off-odor and an off-flavor in the meat from some uncastrated male pigs, is due to high levels of the testicular steroid hormone, androstenone, and the indole, skatole.
K. Jen, E.J. Squires
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