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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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The results of meat quality traits and sensory characteristics according to the concentration of androstenone in uncastrated pigs

Journal of Animal Science and Technology
Pork quality is determined by several attributes, among which odor and taste are the utmost significant. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the effects of boar odor hormone concentration on the quality traits and sensory acceptability of pork.
Shah Ahmed Belal, Jong-Hyun Jung
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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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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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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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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón, José A. Sánchez‐Zapata, Travis L. DeVault, Wayne M. Getz, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Daniel Redondo‐Gómez, Lara Naves‐Alegre, Solange A. Batista‐Nunes, Esther Sebastián‐González, Juan M. Pérez‐García, Kelly A. Waters, Thijs van Overveld, Craig Smith, Nuria Selva, Thomas A. Schlacher, Graeme Ruxton, Jesús Rodríguez, Martina‐M. Quaggiotto, Paula L. Perrig, Norman Owen‐Smith, Thomas M. Newsome, Isabel Navas, Yoshihiro Nakashima, Ana Mateos, Carlos Martínez‐Carrasco, Daniel Martín‐Vega, Berta Martín‐López, Antoni Margalida, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Adam Kane, Kevin Healy, Akane Hashizume, Antonio J. García‐Fernández, José A. Donázar, M. Eric Benbow, James C. Beasley, Philip S. Barton, Kathleen A. Alexander, Eneko Arrondo   +38 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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Bisphenol A and Its Analogs: Toxicity Analysis in Mouse and Rat Liver—A Review

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bisphenol A (BPA) and its analogs are widely recognized for their use in industry and plastic manufacturing. Consequently, humans and animals are continually exposed to various substances in their daily lives. This review evaluates the hepatic toxicity of BPA and its analogs in mice and rats, with particular emphasis on molecular mechanisms ...
Sevda Bagdatli, Muhammed Canik, Gizem Gencay, Nurbanu Zengin, Tarık Dinc, Nazan Deniz Yön   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sensory evaluation of meat from entire male pigs raised with different feeding and housing conditions

Millenium, 2018
Introduction: Boar taint is an off-odour/off-flavour found in meat from entire male pigs due to two main compounds: androstenone and skatole. The incidence of boar taint is of concern when considering the use of entire males for pork meat production ...
Ricardo Pereira Pinto, Núria Nascimento Reis, Carla Barbosa, Manuela Vaz-Velho   +3 more
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The Binding of Free and Sulfated Androstenone in the Plasma of the Boar

Animals, 2021
Androstenone circulates in the plasma bound to albumin before accumulating in the fat, resulting in the development of boar taint. Androstenone sulfate is more abundant in the circulation than free androstenone; however, it is unclear how androstenone ...
Christine Bone, E. James Squires
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