Consumer studies on sensory acceptability of boar taint: a review.

Influence of breed and slaughter weight on boar taint prevalence in entire male pigs.

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 four different methodologies: sensory evaluation of neckfat heated with a hot iron in the slaughterhouse, sensory evaluation of meat by consum...

Testosterone and the incidence of boar taint: Effects of testosterone or testosterone propionate on the incidence of boar taint in implanted barrows.

Boars, barrows and barrows implanted with testosterone or testosterone propionate via polydimethylsiloxane (Silastic) capsules were placed on test in individual pens at 10 weeks of age. Each animal was slaughtered at 110 kg and evaluated for growth rate, efficiency of feed utilization, carcass merit and the incidence of objectionable odors (boar taint). Five capsules of testosterone or testoste...

Effect of feeding fermentable fibre-rich feedstuffs on meat quality with emphasis on chemical and sensory boar taint in entire male and female pigs.

Skatole, androstenone and other compounds such as indole cause boar taint in entire male pork. However, female pigs also produce skatole and indole. The purpose of this experiment was to minimise boar taint and increase overall impression of sensory quality by feeding entire male and female pigs with fibre-rich feedstuffs. The pigs have been fed three organic diets for either 1 or 2 weeks prior...

Raising intact male pigs for meat: Detecting and preventing boar taint

Although there are several advantages to raising intact male pigs instead of castrates, boar taint — an unpleasant odor that emanates from boar fat when it is heated — is a potential problem with rearing boars for pork. Two groups of compounds are considered primarily responsible for boar taint: 16-androstenes (mainly 5α-androstenone) and skatole. The 16-androstene steroids are largely secreted...

Consumers' segmentation based on the acceptability of meat from entire male pigs with different boar taint levels, in four European countries: France, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom N.Panella-Riera1,*, M.Blanch1, P. Chevillon2, M.Gil1,