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Pig meat quality from entire males
Animal, 2009 This paper constitutes an updated review of the production and meat quality aspects of rearing entire male pigs. Since a major obstacle in rearing entire males is the incidence of boar taint, possible methods for detection are also summarised.
K. Lundström +2 more
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Animal, 2015 To investigate the extent to which the level of androstenone and skatole decreases with a decrease in live weight and/or age at slaughter of entire male pigs produced under organic standards, 1174 entire male pigs were raised in parallel in five organic ...
R. Thomsen +4 more
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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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Boar taint in very small organic entire male pigs - preliminary results [PDF]
, 2008 Very small entire male pigs can be part of a new concept of organic seasonal production of pigs. The concept includes outdoor production of small entire male pigs, very large female pigs and sows slaughtered after first litter.
Claudi-Magnussen, C., Kongsted, A.G.
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Resources, Environment and SustainabilityEfforts to minimize the environmental impact of livestock production are essential for sustainable agriculture. Immunocastration, using products like Improvac®, offers an alternative to surgical castration, enabling the physiological advantages of ...
Julia Gickel, Christian Visscher
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The use of sugar beet pulp in pig diet to control skatole analysed by HPLC quantification method [PDF]
Scientia Agricola, 2023 This study aimed to determine the efficacy of a finishing diet added with sugar beet pulp to reduce backfat skatole of entire male pigs, using the optimised high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method.
Ricardo Pereira Pinto +5 more
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Effect of addition of dry distilled rose petals in the diet on the meat quality in entire male pigs [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2021 The objective of this study was to assess the effect of addition of phytonutrients from dry distilled rose petals (DDRP) in the feed on the meat quality and boar taint of entire male pigs. A total of 30 male 146 days old pigs from Danube white breed with
Sonya Ivanova +3 more
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Adipose Tissue Gene Expression of Entire Male, Immunocastrated and Surgically Castrated Pigs [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 Differences in adipose tissue deposition and properties between pig male sex categories, i.e., entire males (EM), immunocastrates (IC) and surgical castrates (SC) are relatively well-characterized, whereas the underlying molecular mechanisms are still not fully understood.
Klavdija Poklukar +7 more
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Animal, 2020 Economic margins on pig farms are small, and changing slaughter weights may increase farm profitability. However, one can question if the optimal slaughter weight is the same for each sex.
A. Van den Broeke +4 more
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Evaluation of producing and marketing entire male pigs [PDF]
NJAS: Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 2016 This paper presents the results of a research program that was aimed at evaluating: (1) sensory evaluation of meat from entire male pigs, (2) preventive measures to reduce boar taint prevalence, (3) accuracy of detection for boar taint, and (4) the relationship between farm management characteristics and levels of mounting and aggressive behaviour of ...
Backus, G.B.C. +14 more
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