Relationship between carcass weight, adipose tissue androstenone level and expression of the hepatic 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in entire commercial pigs

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1053-1059

  Nicolau Solano, S I ^a   Whittington, F M ^a   Wood, J D ^a   Doran, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Androstenone; Boar taint; Pigs

Indexed keywords

3 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTERONE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; SEX HORMONE; SKATOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 34547725675     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107000274     Document Type: Article

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