articles about boar taint in Abstracts

This discovery of SRY as the main switch for sex determination in pigs may provide an alternative for surgical castration in pig production, preventing 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 androstenone.

Farms with appropriate management, feeding and housing conditions have reduced levels of mounting and aggressive behaviour.

This study provides descriptive information on the practice of piglet castration across 24 European countries.

Given these results, a future online method to classify carcasses according to boar taint is strongly recommended.

Vaccination in females did not alter carcass and meat quality, and specific interests should consider reproductive behavior in free-range conditions.

Organoleptic ham criteria for immunocastrated males hams were equivalent to those found for surgically castrated males and gilts hams, demonstrating the efficacy of vaccination in these study conditions.

The results of this study offer a promising application with regard to using SNP markers to reduce boar taint risk in Canadian pigs.

These data suggest that concentrations of skatole and androstenone can be reduced through genetic selection without negatively affecting important male fertility traits in Danish Landrace pigs.

The aim was to investigate an in vivo relationship between increased levels of testicular steroids and protein expression of the key enzymes involved in hepatic metabolism of skatole and androstenone.

Feed intake may affect skatole and indole concentrations in the adipose tissue.

Three studies were performed with French consumers in order to determine androstenone threshold levels for the acceptability of entire male pork at eating (grilled pork chops).

The secondary immunization can be moved closer to slaughter, while still limiting the incidence of boar taint.

Medium-high lysine content diet, the best combination of immunologically castrated pigs.

The main goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between genetic factors involved in the primary boar taint compounds in an attempt to discover ways to reduce boar taint without decreasing fertility-related compounds.

Different alternatives for surgical castration without anaesthesia were performed on 20 farms to evaluate the effect on boar taint and carcass quality.