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Review on keeping entire male pigs

, 2023
<p>The practice of surgical castration raises concerns regarding animal welfare. Raising entire or intact male pigs is an alternative to castration.
Kongsted, Hanne, Patt, Antonia
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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 ...
van der Fels, J.B., Backus, G.B.C., Heres, L., Valeeva, N.I., van den Broek, E.M.F., Mather, P.K., Immink, V.M., van Riel, Johannes, Kornelis, M., Tacken, G.M.L., van Wagenberg, C.P.A., van der Peet-Schwering, Carola, Snoek, H.M., de Smet, A.   +13 more
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Weight and season affects androstenone and skatole occurence in entire male pigs in organic pig production

Animal, 2014
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 5 organic ...
Rousing, Tine, Thomsen, Rikke, Sørensen, Jan Tind, Jensen, Bent Borg, Edwards, Sandra E   +4 more
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Effect of faecal soiling on skatole and androstenone occurence 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.
Rousing, Tine, J.T. Sørensen, S.A. Edwards, B.B. Jensen, Thomsen, Rikke, Edward, Sandra E., Sørensen, Jan Tind, T. Rousing, Jensen, Bent Borg, R. Thomsen   +9 more
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Penile Injuries in Immunocastrated and Entire Male Pigs of One Fattening Farm. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2017
Penile injuries in boars have been discussed as a relevant welfare problem in pork production with entire males (EM). The incidence of penile injuries with immunocastrated boars has not been described so far. Thus, it was the aim of this study to systematically compare frequency and severity of penile injuries in EM and IC. Incidence and size of penile
Reiter S, Zöls S, Ritzmann M, Stefanski V, Weiler U.   +4 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, Marjeta Čandek-Potokar, Milka Vrecl, Nina Batorek-Lukač, Gregor Fazarinc, Kevin Kress, Volker Stefanski, Martin Škrlep   +7 more
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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. Safe and fast methods for detection of boar taint would be valuable in avoiding complaints from consumers. Pig
K. Lundström, K.R. Matthews, J.-E. Haugen   +2 more
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A genome-wide association study on androstenone levels in pigs reveals a cluster of candidate genes on chromosome 6 [PDF]

, 2010
Background In many countries, male piglets are castrated shortly after birth because a proportion of un-castrated male pigs produce meat with an unpleasant flavour and odour. Main compounds of boar taint are androstenone and skatole. The aim of this high-
Bovenhuis, H., Egbert F Knol, Bovenhuis Henk, Knol, E.F., Barbara Harlizius, Martien AM Groenen, Groenen, M.A.M., Henk Bovenhuis, Jan WM Merks, Merks Jan WM, Harlizius Barbara, Merks, J.W.M., Knol Egbert F, Richard PMA Crooijmans, Duijvesteijn Naomi, Crooijmans, R.P.M.A., Groenen Martien AM, Crooijmans Richard PMA, Duijvestein, N., Naomi Duijvesteijn, Harlizius, B.   +20 more
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Potential sensitivity of pork production situations aiming at high-quality products to the use of entire male pigs as an alternative to surgical castrates [PDF]

, 2017
The perspective of a possible ban on surgical castration of male pigs in the EU is a real challenge for pork production systems aiming at (very) high-quality products.
Fontanesi, L., M. Bonneau, M. Font-i-Furnols, M. Čandek-Potokar, Bonneau, M., M. Aluwé, L. Fontanesi, Škrlep, M., Aluwé, M., Font-I-Furnols, M., M. Škrlep, Čandek-Potokar, M.   +11 more
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The distal end of porcine chromosome 6p is involved in the regulation of skatole levels in boars [PDF]

, 2011
Background Boar taint is an unpleasant condition of pork, mainly due to the accumulation of androstenone and skatole in male pigs at onset of puberty.
Bovenhuis, H., Egbert F Knol, Bovenhuis Henk, Ramon, A.M., Knol, E.F., Barbara Harlizius, Martien AM Groenen, Groenen, M.A.M., Henk Bovenhuis, Jan WM Merks, Merks Jan WM, Harlizius Barbara, Merks, J.W.M., Knol Egbert F, António M Ramos, Richard PMA Crooijmans, Duijvesteijn Naomi, Crooijmans, R.P.M.A., Groenen Martien AM, Duijvesteijn, N., Crooijmans Richard PMA, Naomi Duijvesteijn, Ramos António M, Harlizius, B.   +23 more
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