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Alternatives to Piglet Castration: From Issues to Solutions

Animals, 2021
Because castrated male pigs convert feed into meat less efficiently than entire males, they are less efficient regarding the utilization of resources [...]
Ulrike Weiler, Maria Font-i-Furnols, Igor Tomasevič, Michel Bonneau   +3 more
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Feed interventions and skatole deposition [PDF]

, 2012
Skatole produced in the large intestine of the pig and the testicular steroid androstenone are the main substances contributing to boar tainted meat from entire male pigs.
Jensen, Rikke Lassen
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Influence of breed and slaughter weight on boar taint prevalence in entire male pigs

Animal, 2011
Piétrain (P), Large White (LW) and Belgian Landrace stress negative (BN) boars were slaughtered at 50, 70, 90 or 110 kg live weight to investigate breed differences and the effect of slaughter weight on boar taint prevalence. Boar taint was quantified by
M. Aluwé, S. Millet, K.M. Bekaert, F.A.M. Tuyttens, L. Vanhaecke, S. De Smet, D.L. De Brabander   +6 more
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Relationship between carcass weight, adipose tissue androstenone level and expression of the hepatic 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in entire commercial pigs

Animal, 2007
Boar taint is a major meat-quality defect in pigs and is due to excessive accumulation of skatole and androstenone in adipose tissue. The present work investigated the relationship between carcass weight, levels of skatole and androstenone in adipose ...
S.I. Nicolau-Solano, F.M. Whittington, J.D. Wood, O. Doran   +3 more
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Performance, carcass and meat quality in pigs [PDF]

, 2004
In this thesis, influences of conventional and organic rearing systems, breed crosses and feeding regimens on performance, carcass and technological and sensory meat quality traits in pigs were investigated.
Heyer, Anke
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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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Inclusion of mussel meal in diets to growing/finishing pigs [PDF]

, 2013
This study showed that inclusion of mussel meal in diets to growing/finishing pigs yielded growth rate similar to those obtained with a conventional diet, whereas feed conversion ratio was higher.
Lundeheim, N., Andersson, K., Wallenbeck, A.   +2 more
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Pros and Cons of Alternatives to Piglet Castration: Welfare, Boar Taint, and Other Meat Quality Traits

Animals, 2019
This paper reviews the pros and cons of various alternatives to the surgical castration of male piglets without pain relief. Castration is mostly motivated by the presence of boar taint in the meat from some entire male pigs.
Michel Bonneau, Ulrike Weiler
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Nutritional intervention during gestation alters growth, body composition and gene expression patterns in skeletal muscle of pig offspring [PDF]

, 2011
peer-reviewedVariations in maternal nutrition during gestation can influence foetal growth, foetal development and permanently ‘programme’ offspring for postnatal life.
Markham, T., L. Giblin, Stickland, N C, O'Reilly, J J, O'Reilly, James J, Stickland, N. C., T. Markham, Lawlor, P G, P.G. Lawlor, J.P. Kerry, Lawlor, Peadar G, Lynch, P Brendan, Lynch, P B, Markham, T C W, Teagasc Anim & Grassland Res, P.B. Lynch, Kerry, J P, Teagasc Food Res Centre, N.C. Stickland, D.P. Berry, University College Cork, Mc Namara, Louise, L.B. McNamara, Kerry, Joseph P., Giblin, Linda, McNamara, L B, J.J. O'Reilly, Giblin, L, Berry, D P, Berry, Donagh   +29 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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