The Effect of the Boar Taint Masking Strategy (Adding Dried Origanum vulgare or Allium sativum) on Sensory Characteristics [PDF]
AnimalsWith increasing efforts to ban surgical castration, it is important to find ways to mask the level of boar taint in meat. The aim of this study was to test the possibility of masking boar taint or skatole levels by adding dried Origanum vulgare or Allium
Kateřina Zadinová +7 more
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Pros and Cons of Alternatives to Piglet Castration: Welfare, Boar Taint, and Other Meat Quality Traits [PDF]
Animals, 2019 This paper reviews the pros and cons of various alternatives to the surgical castration of male piglets without pain relief. Castration is mostly motivated by the presence of boar taint in the meat from some entire male pigs.
Michel Bonneau, Ulrike Weiler
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Towards real-time pork breed and boar taint classification using rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry [PDF]
npj Science of FoodTo help counteract food fraud and meet consumer expectations, the pork industry requires reliable quality-monitoring and traceability systems. In this context, rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry (REIMS) could be rolled out as a real-time ...
V. Gkarane +10 more
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Validation by collaborative trial of a method for the determination by GC–MS and LC–MS/MS of boar taint marker compounds in pork tissue [PDF]
Food Chemistry: X, 2020 Meat from male pigs may develop an off-flavour, commonly known as boar taint. Castration of male piglets prevents the potential formation of off-flavour.In the suggested method, three marker compounds for boar taint (skatole, androstenone and indole) are
Gerhard Buttinger, Thomas Wenzl
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Differential expression and co-expression gene networks reveal candidate biomarkers of boar taint in non-castrated pigs. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 Boar taint (BT) is an offensive odour or taste observed in pork from a proportion of non-castrated male pigs. Surgical castration is effective in avoiding BT, but animal welfare issues have created an incentive for alternatives such as genomic selection.
Drag M +4 more
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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 ...
Pereira-Pinto R +4 more
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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.
Boschi E +4 more
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Boar taint – possibilities and solutions in pig production [PDF]
Poljoprivreda, 2016 Over many years castration of male pigs has been a common zootechnical practice performed in order to avoid boar taint or offensive odour of pork found in sexually mature boars.
Boris Lukić +5 more
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How to Improve Meat Quality and Welfare in Entire Male Pigs by Genetics
Animals, 2021 Giving up surgical castration is desirable to avoid pain during surgery but breeding entire males raises issues on meat quality, particularly on boar taint, and aggression.
Catherine Larzul
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Effect of feeding fermentable fibrerich feedstuffs on meat quality with emphasis on chemical and sensory boar taint in entire male and female pigs [PDF]
, 2008 Skatole, androstenone and other compounds such as indole cause boar taint in entire male pork. However, female pigs also produce skatole and indole. The purpose of this experiment was to minimise boar taint and increase overall impression of sensory ...
Byrne, D.V. +6 more
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