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Biochemical, nutritional and genetic effects on boar taint in entire male pigs

Animal, 2009
Pork odour is to a great extent affected by the presence of malodorous compounds, mainly androstenone and skatole. The present review outlines the current state of knowledge about factors involved in the regulation of androstenone and skatole in entire ...
G. Zamaratskaia, E.J. Squires
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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

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 ...
José Manuel Martins, Ricardo Varino, Rui Charneca, André Albuquerque, Nicolás Garrido, José Neves, Amadeu Freitas, Filipa Costa, Carla Marmelo, Amélia Ramos, Luísa Martin   +10 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 ...
A.M. Haberland, H. Luther, A. Hofer, E. Tholen, H. Simianer, B. Lind, C. Baes   +6 more
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Modifying Headspace Sampling Environment Improves Detection of Boar Taint Compounds in Pork Fat Samples

Chemosensors, 2023
The extraction of boar taint compounds from pork fat samples was performed under various temperature (150, 300 and 450 °C) and atmosphere (air, nitrogen and reduced pressure) conditions.
Clément Burgeon, Alice Markey, Yves Brostaux, Marie-Laure Fauconnier   +3 more
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Regulation of 3β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase/∆5-∆4 Isomerase: A Review [PDF]

, 2013
This review focuses on the expression and regulation of 3β-hydroxysteroi ddehydrogenase/Δ5-Δ4 isomerase (3β-HSD), with emphasis on the porcine version. 3β-HSD is often associated with steroidogenesis, but its function in the metabolism of both steroids ...
Abbaszade, Banner, Belanger, Beltowski, Benton, Berchtold, Bo Ekstrand, Brunius, Catalfo, Chapman, Chedrese, Chen, Chen, Cherradi, Clark, Coniglio, Conley, Conley, Conley, Cooke, Couet, Coulter, Cue, Davis, De Launoit, Doran, Doran, Dorgan, Dupont, Fink-Gremmels, Furster, Furster, Galarreta, Galia Zamaratskaia, Garrett, Garrett, Gingras, Gingras, Gromadzka-Ostrowska, Haider, Hassan, Havelock, Headon, Hierlihy, Hild-Petito, Hoog, Hu, Joernvall, Kallberg, Kaynard, Keeney, Keeney, Kershaw, Kiessling, Kostic, Kozlowska, Kumar, Labelle-Dumais, Labrie, LaVoie, Leers-Sucheta, Li, Liang, Lorence, Majdic, Martin, Martin Rasmussen, Mason, Mason, Matsunaga, Mcallister, Meadus, Mizrachi, Mode, Mullany, Nakajin, Nakamura, Naville, Nicolau-Solano, Papacleovoulou, Park, Payne, Payne, Payne, Pelletier, Penning, Picon, Rasmussen, Rasmussen, Rasmussen, Rasmussen, Saez, Samuels, Sasano, Sauer, Shapiro, Siiteri, Simard, Simard, Sirianni, Sordoillet, Stayrook, Sun, Suzuki, Takikawa, Takikawa, Tang, The, Tomankova, Tremblay, Val, Von Teichman, Walstra, Wang, Waxman, Waxman, Wong, Yuan, Zamaratskaia, Zamaratskaia, Zhao, Zinedine   +121 more
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Towards entire male pigs in Europe: a perspective from the Spanish supply chain [PDF]

, 2016
In pig production, surgical castration is primarily performed to avoid boar taint and for management purposes. The European Commission plans to end surgical piglet castration voluntarily by 2018.
Avena, Maria, Borrisser-Pairó, Francesc, Gil Roig, José María, Ibáñez, Miguel, Kallas, Zein, Olivares, Alváro, Oliver, Maria Angels, Panella-Riera, Nuria   +7 more
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Animal Welfare Aspects of Preventing Boar Taint [PDF]

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2006
Introduction Since boar taint is connected to testicular hormones and sexual maturity, surgical castration has for centuries been the method employed to prevent taint in meat from male pigs, as well as to obtain more docile pigs. However, since the castration is performed without anaesthesia, it is painful for the pig and therefore poses a serious ...
Forkman Björn, Ladewig Jan, Giersing Mette   +2 more
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Change in Norwegian consumer attitudes towards piglet castration: increased emphasis on animal welfare

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2020
Background Male piglets are surgically castrated at a young age primarily to prevent pork meat from being tainted with boar taint, an offensive taste and odor that can be present in uncastrated male pigs. The practice of surgical castration is considered
Marianne Sødring, Ola Nafstad, Torunn Thauland Håseth   +2 more
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Identification of the novel candidate genes and variants in boar liver tissues with divergent skatole levels using RNA deep sequencing. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Boar taint is the unpleasant odour of meat derived from non-castrated male pigs, caused by the accumulation of androstenone and skatole in fat. Skatole is a tryptophan metabolite produced by intestinal bacteria in gut and catabolised in liver. Since boar
Asep Gunawan, Sudeep Sahadevan, Mehmet Ulas Cinar, Christiane Neuhoff, Christine Große-Brinkhaus, Luc Frieden, Dawit Tesfaye, Ernst Tholen, Christian Looft, Dessie Salilew Wondim, Michael Hölker, Karl Schellander, Muhammad Jasim Uddin   +12 more
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Association between SNPs within candidate genes and compounds related to boar taint and reproduction

BMC Genetics, 2009
Background Boar taint is an unpleasant odour and flavour of the meat from some uncastrated male pigs primarily caused by elevated levels of androstenone and skatole in adipose tissue.
Meuwissen Theo HE, Aasmundstad Torunn, Lien Sigbjørn, Moe Maren, Hansen Marianne HS, Bendixen Christian, Grindflek Eli   +6 more
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