Farm and management characteristics associated with boar taint

Animal

C.P.A. van Wagenberg¹  H.M. Snoek¹  L. Heres²  J.B. van der Fels³  C.M.C. van der Peet-Schwering³  H.M. Vermeer³ 

[1] LEI Wageningen UR, PO Box 29703, 2502 LS, Den Haag, The Netherlands;VION Food Group, Noord Brabantlaan 303-307, 5657 GB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands;Wageningen UR Livestock Research, PO Box 65, 8200 AB, Lelystad, The Netherlands;

关键词: entire male pigs;    boar taint;    farm characteristics;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Pig farms in the Netherlands producing boars have different levels of boar taint prevalence, as assessed by sensory evaluation with the human nose at the slaughter line. With a questionnaire to 152 Dutch pig producers (response rate 59%), farm and management characteristics were identified that are potentially associated with farm-level boar taint prevalence. Lower farm-level boar taint prevalence was associated with a smaller group size, a smaller pen surface per boar, newer housing equipment, not practicing restricted feeding in the last period before delivery, a longer fasting period before slaughter, a higher stocking weight and a lower fraction of boars from purebred dam line sows or from Pietrain terminal boars. These characteristics can be used to develop farm-level intervention strategies to control boar taint. More research effort is needed to establish causal relationships.

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