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Weight and season affects androstenone and skatole occurrence in entire male pigs in organic pig production

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, S.A. Edwards, B.B. Jensen, T. Rousing, J.T. Sørensen   +4 more
doaj   +4 more sources

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]

Animal, 2018
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.
M. Bonneau, M. Čandek-Potokar, M. Škrlep, M. Font-i-Furnols, M. Aluwé, L. Fontanesi   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Raising entire male pigs: comparison of growth performance and meat quality of the Bísara breed and a terminal cross - a pilot study

Frontiers in Animal Science
Rearing entire male pigs presents several benefits, including enhanced feed efficiency, reduced environmental impact, and improved animal welfare. However, the risk of boar taint poses a significant challenge to pork quality.
Ricardo Pereira-Pinto, José Pedro Araújo, José Pedro Araújo, Joaquim Cerqueira, Joaquim Cerqueira, Fernando Mata, Preciosa Pires, Manuela Vaz-Velho   +7 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Welfare of entire male pigs is improved by socialising piglets and keeping intact groups until slaughter

Animal, 2013
In today's production systems, pigs raised for slaughter are mixed many times, resulting in stress and fighting. The negative consequences of mixing are probably more severe with entire males than with castrates, as they fight more.
L. Rydhmer, M. Hansson, K. Lundström, C. Brunius, K. Andersson   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Strategies to Meet Nutritional Requirements and Reduce Boar Taint in Meat from Entire Male Pigs and Immunocastrates. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2020
Simple SummaryRaising entire male pigs and immunocastrates poses various challenges on how the nutrient requirements of these growth-efficient animals can be met.
Bee G, Quiniou N, Maribo H, Zamaratskaia G, Lawlor PG.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Can Hydrolysable Tannins in Diet of Entire Male Pigs Affect Carcass, Pork Quality Traits, Amino and Fatty Acid Profiles, and Boar Taint, Skatole and Androstenone Levels? [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2021
The slaughtering of entire males increases the probability of incidence of tainted pork due to the presence two main compounds—androstenone and skatole. If a surgical castration of young entire male pigs is stopped in the EU countries, fattening of boars
Bahelka I, Bučko O, Fľak P.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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, Fernando Mata, Preciosa Pires, Mário Barros, José Pedro Araújo, Manuela Vaz-Velho   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Todor Stoyanchev, Tanya Nikolova, Ivan Penchev   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
core   +2 more sources

The effect of sex and slaughter weight on performance, carcass quality and gross margin, assessed on three commercial pig farms

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, F. Leen, M. Aluwé, J. Van Meensel, S. Millet   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source