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Strategies to Meet Nutritional Requirements and Reduce Boar Taint in Meat from Entire Male Pigs and Immunocastrates.
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- Seasonal Variations on Testicular Morphology, Boar Taint, and Meat Quality Traits in Traditional Outdoor Pig Farming.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Influence of Sex and a High-Fiber Diet on the Gut Microbiome of Alentejano Pigs Raised to Heavy Weights.Veterinary sciences · 2023Article
- Metabolic Profile of Growing Immune- and Surgically Castrated Iberian Pigs Fed Diets of Different Amino Acid Concentration.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- GnRH-immunocastration: an alternative method for male animal surgical castration.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Review
- Alternatives to Piglet Castration: From Issues to Solutions.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- How Does Protein Nutrition Affect the Epigenetic Changes in Pig? A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
- Influence of Immunocastration on Slaughter Traits and Boar Taint Compounds in Pigs Originating from Three Different Terminal Sire Lines.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Effect of Changes in Dietary Net Energy Concentration on Growth Performance, Fat Deposition, Skatole Production, and Intestinal Morphology in Immunocastrated Male Pigs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Welfare Aspects of Raising Entire Male Pigs and Immunocastrates.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Review
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Abstract
This paper reviews the current knowledge on the nutritional requirements of entire male and immunocastrated pigs to obtain an efficient growth, low boar taint level, and good carcass and meat quality. We present the reasons for offering entire males ad libitum access to the diets in order to optimize their protein deposition potential. Boar taint is one of the major issues in the production of entire males; therefore, the impact of various skatole- and indole-reducing feed ingredients is discussed regarding their efficiency and the possible mechanism affecting skatole and indole production in the hindgut. Entire males have lean carcasses, so their intramuscular fat content can be lower than that of surgical castrates or females and the adipose tissue can be highly unsaturated. The possible nutritional strategies to counteract these effects are summarized. We conclude that immunocastrates can be fed similarly to entire males until the second vaccination. However, due to the metabolic changes occurring shortly after the second vaccination, the requirements for essential amino acids are markedly lower in immunocastrates than in entire males.
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