Male Reproductive Organ Weight: Criteria for Detection of Androstenone-Positive Carcasses in Immunocastrated and Entire Male Pigs [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Immunocastration and rearing of entire males (EMs) are sustainable alternatives to surgical castration. However, these animal carcasses have variable risk of boar taint and should be identified at the slaughter line.
Gregor Fazarinc +9 more
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Eating Quality of Pork from Entire Male Pigs after Dietary Supplementation with Hydrolysable Tannins [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Boar taint is an unpleasant odour and flavour released during heat treatment of pork from uncastrated male pigs. The two main compounds responsible for boar taint are androstenone and skatole. Androstenone is a steroid hormone formed in the testis during
Ivan Bahelka +5 more
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The effect of mixing entire male pigs prior to transport to slaughter on behaviour, welfare and carcass lesions [PDF]
PLoS One, 2014 peer-reviewedData set for article is also provided.Research is needed to validate lesions recorded at meat inspection as indicators of pig welfare on farm.
A Stukenborg +36 more
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Sensory Profiling and Liking of Salami and Pancetta from Immunocastrated, Surgically Castrated and Entire Male Pigs [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Consumer studies on acceptability of pork from immunocastrates (IC) and entire males (EM) are of primary importance, if these alternatives are to replace surgical castration (SC) of piglets.
Sylwia Żakowska-Biemans +4 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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Strategies to Meet Nutritional Requirements and Reduce Boar Taint in Meat from Entire Male Pigs and Immunocastrates [PDF]
Animals, 2020 This paper reviews the current knowledge on the nutritional requirements of entire male and immunocastrated pigs to obtain an efficient growth, low boar taint level, and good carcass and meat quality.
Giuseppe Bee +4 more
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Animal, 2012 This study aimed to provide further insights into the mechanism of in vivo regulation of cytochrome P450 (CYP450) 1A, 2A and 2E1 activities in pigs with different levels of testicular steroids.
C. Brunius +5 more
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Effect of faecal soiling on skatole and androstenone occurrence in organic entire male pigs
Animal, 2015 Production of entire male pigs could be a future strategy for organic pig production. However, production of entire males leads to increased risk of carcasses with elevated boar taint levels.
R. Thomsen +4 more
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Animal, 2017 Androstenone production increases during pubertal development and plays a major role in boar taint. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of a subclinical inflammation on the pubertal development of boars and hence on fat ...
S.P. Parois +3 more
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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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