Physiology of skatole- And androstenone formation in the boar;PhysiologischeAspekte der Androstenon- Und Skatolbildung beim Eber

Zuchtungskunde

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 365-393

  Weiler, Ulrike ^a   Wesoly, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androstenone; Boar taint; Skatole

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