Social effects and boar taint: Significance for production of slaughter boars (Sus scrofa)

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 296-305

  Giersing, M ^a   Lundstrom K ^b   Andersson, A ^c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Board of Agriculture   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Androstenone; Boar Taint; Pigs; Sexual Maturity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

ANDROST 16 EN 3 ONE; ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; SKATOLE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STANDARD; SWINE; UTERUS;

ABATTOIRS; AGGRESSION; ANDROSTENES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKATOLE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SWINE; TESTOSTERONE; UTERUS;

EID: 0034132126     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.782296x     Document Type: Article

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