Pig meat quality from entire males

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...

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Main Authors: K. Lundström, K.R. Matthews, J.-E. Haugen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731109990693