Breed Differences in Boar Taint: Relationship between Tissue Levels of Boar Taint Compounds and Sensory Analysis of Taint

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2170-2177

  Xue, JinLiang ^a,d   Dial, Gary D ^a   Holton, Elizabeth E ^a   Vickers, Zata ^a   Squires, E James ^b   Lou, Yanping ^b   Godbout, Daniel ^c   Morel, Nathalie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c GenetiPorc   (Canada)

^d 385 Anim Sci/Vet Med Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

16 Androstenes; Androstenone; Boar Taint; Breeds; Sensory Evaluation; Skatole

Indexed keywords

16-ANDROSTENE; ANDROST 16 ENE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; SKATOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; MALE; MEAT; SALIVARY GLAND; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; SWINE;

ANDROSTENES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; COLORIMETRY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SALIVARY GLANDS; SKATOLE; SWINE;

EID: 0030238661     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7492170x     Document Type: Article

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