Boar taint, meat quality and fail rate in entire male pigs and male pigs immunized against gonadotrophin releasing factor as related to body weight and feeding regime

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• 作者：K.L. Moore^a ; ^b ; ^{karen@klmconsulting.com.au} ; B.P. Mullan^c ; F.R. Dunshea^a
• 关键词：Androstenone ; Consumers ; Fail rate ; Immunocastrates ; Pork eating quality ; Skatole
• 刊名：Meat Science
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：125
• 期：Complete
• 页码：95-101
• 全文大小：337 K
• 卷排序：125

文摘

Immunocastration reduced pork eating quality fail rates by approximately 10% compared to entire males. Boar taint is still an issue at light slaughter weights (< 72 kg liveweight). Immunocastration is effective at eliminating boar taint at all liveweights.