In Vitro and In Vivo Comparisons of Activated Charcoal and Biochar as Dietary Treatments for Controlling Boar Taint [PDF]
BiomoleculesActivated charcoal (AC) is an adsorbent that can prevent the accumulation of boar taint-causing compounds in the fat, but is not an approved dietary additive for livestock animals. Biochar (BC) is a similar feed-approved charcoal adsorbent that may be an
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Enhanced HPLC Method for Boar Taint Quantification. [PDF]
ChemistryOpenAbstractBoar taint is an unpleasant odour found in the carcasses of entire male pigs, resulting from androstenone and skatole accumulation during pubertal development, and impacting pork quality. This study proposes the validation of an adapted chromatographic method for quantifying skatole and androstenone in the pigs’ liquid fat using fluorescence ...
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Outdoor Finishing of Intact Male Portuguese Alentejano Pigs on a Sustainable High-Fiber Diet: Impacts on Blood, Growth, Carcass, Meat Quality and Boar Taint Compounds [PDF]
Animals, 2023 This trial evaluated the effect of sex on the blood, growth, carcass, meat quality, and boar taint compounds in male Alentejano (AL) pigs (n = 30). From ~40 to 130 kg LW, castrated (C) and intact pigs (I and IExp groups) were fed commercial diets ad ...
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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.
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Concentrations of Boar Taint Compounds Are Weakly Associated with Sexual Behavior of Young Boars. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2022 Strategies to control boar taint (BT) in meat relies on the reduction of skatole, indole, and androstenone concentration. This might have unfavorable effects on the libido of breeding boars. The association between BT compound concentration in backfat and libido was investigated in 391 commercial breeding boars.
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Genomic background and genetic relationships between boar taint and fertility traits in German Landrace and Large White [PDF]
BMC Genetics, 2020 Background Due to ethical reasons, surgical castration of young male piglets in their first week of life without anesthesia will be banned in Germany from 2021.
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Comprehensive SPME-GC-MS Analysis of VOC Profiles Obtained Following High-Temperature Heating of Pork Back Fat with Varying Boar Taint Intensities [PDF]
Foods, 2021 Boar taint detection is a major concern for the pork industry. Currently, this taint is mainly detected through a sensory evaluation. However, little is known about the entire volatile organic compounds (VOCs) profile perceived by the assessor ...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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