Animal, 2017 There is a commitment by the European pig sector to ban surgical castration of male piglets in the European Union in 2018. One alternative to castration is to raise entire male pigs, with an increased risk of boar taint.
S Millet +2 more
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Farm and management characteristics associated with boar taint
Animal, 2013 Pig farms in the Netherlands producing boars have different levels of boar taint prevalence, as assessed by sensory evaluation with the human nose at the slaughter line.
C P A Van Wagenberg +2 more
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Evaluation of various boar taint detection methods
Animal, 2012 The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of various boar taint detection methods, measure the relationship between them and identify possible points of improvement for boar taint detection.
M Aluwé +2 more
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On-farm prevalence of and potential risk factors for boar taint
Animal, 2021 Boar taint is an unpleasant taste and odor that can occur in entire male pigs and is caused by androstenone, skatole, and to a lesser extent indole accumulating in fat tissue.
E. Heyrman +8 more
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Masking strategies to avoid the boar taint in meat products [PDF]
Journal on Processing and Energy in Agriculture, 2022 Surgery to castrate male pigs can be substituted by the manufacture of "entire males". However, the meat of whole male animals may have an unpleasant sexual odor, i.e. - boar taint.
Županjac Miloš +2 more
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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 +2 more
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Systems genomics study reveals expression quantitative trait loci, regulator genes and pathways associated with boar taint in pigs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Boar taint is an offensive odour and/or taste from a proportion of non-castrated male pigs caused by skatole and androstenone accumulation during sexual maturity.
Markus Drag +2 more
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In Vitro Assessment of the Effectiveness of Mineral Adsorbents in Sequestering Boar Taint Compounds [PDF]
AnimalsThe utility of four mineral adsorbents as potential feed additives to bind the boar taint compounds, androstenone and skatole, was assessed with an in vitro system.
Sanghyuk Park, James Squires
doaj +2 more sources
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 +4 more
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Efficiency of different selection strategies against boar taint in pigs
Animal, 2014 The breeding scheme of a Swiss sire line was modeled to compare different target traits and information sources for selection against boar taint. The impact of selection against boar taint on production traits was assessed for different economic weights ...
E Tholen, Henner Simianer
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