Spanish Fuet Sausages Fat-Reduced to Diminish Boar Taint: Sensory and Technological Quality. [PDF]
Peñaranda I +4 more
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The effect of cereal type and enzyme supplementation on carcass characteristics, volatile fatty acids and intestinal microflora and boar taint in entire male pigs [PDF]
A 2 × 2 factorial experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of cereal type (barley v. oat) and exogenous enzyme supplementation (with or without) on intestinal fermentation, and on indole and skatole levels in the intestinal content and the ...
Gahan, D. +3 more
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Genetic Correlations between Boar Taint Compound Concentrations in Fat of Purebred Boars and Production and Ham Quality Traits in Crossbred Heavy Pigs. [PDF]
Faggion S, Carnier P, Bonfatti V.
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Robustness of animal production systems : concept and application to practical cases [PDF]
A concept and method are developed and applied to improve robustness in animal ...
Groot Koerkamp, P.W.G., Napel, J., ten
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Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of group-penned surgically castrated, immunocastrated (Improvac®) and entire male pigs and individually penned entire male pigs [PDF]
The objective of the study was to compare growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality and fatty acid composition of the adipose tissue of group-penned barrows, immunocastrated boars and entire males.
Ampuero Kragten, S. +4 more
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Inter-laboratory comparison of methods to measure androstenone in pork fat [PDF]
Today, different analytical methods are used by different laboratories to quantify androstenone in fat tissue. This study shows the comparison of methods used routinely in different laboratories for androstenone quantification: Time-resolved ...
Ampuero Kragten, S. +9 more
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Einfluss von Genotyp und Fütterung in der ökologischen Mast intakter männlicher Schweine. I: Ebergeruch [PDF]
Fattening of entire male pigs is a useful alternative to piglet castration but the problem of boar taint is still unresolved. The object of the present study was to test the effect of (i) two different terminal sire lines (Danish Duroc, Du vs.
Bussemas, Ralf +5 more
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ECONOMICS OF SOME SWINE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS WITH REFERENCE TO ANIMAL WELFARE [PDF]
Livestock Production/Industries,
Eidman, Vernon R. +2 more
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Erste Ergebnisse eines Grundfuttervergleichs zur Senkung der Skatolbelastung in der ökologischen Ebermast [PDF]
Skatole, one of the main causes of boar taint, derives from tryptophan in the large intestine and accumulates in the fat tissue of boars, thus decreasing meat quality.
Bussemas, Ralf +4 more
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