ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
How to Improve Meat Quality and Welfare in Entire Male Pigs by Genetics.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Productive performance and carcass quality of pigs from different sire lines under commercial production conditions.Veterinary and animal science · 2025Article
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- Influence of Sex and a High-Fiber Diet on the Gut Microbiome of Alentejano Pigs Raised to Heavy Weights.Veterinary sciences · 2023Article
- Influence of Sex on Meat and Fat Quality from Heavy Alentejano Pigs Finished Outdoors on Commercial and High Fiber Diets.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
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- Genetic Correlations between Boar Taint Compound Concentrations in Fat of Purebred Boars and Production and Ham Quality Traits in Crossbred Heavy Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Genomic Prediction and Genome-Wide Association Study for Boar Taint Compounds.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Outdoor Finishing of Intact Male Portuguese Alentejano Pigs on a Sustainable High-Fiber Diet: Impacts on Blood, Growth, Carcass, Meat Quality and Boar Taint Compounds.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Differential regulatory roles of microRNAs during intramuscular adipogenesis in Chinese Guizhou Congjiang Xiang pigs.Epigenetics · 2022Article
- Linking Animal Welfare and Antibiotic Use in Pig Farming-A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Alternatives to Piglet Castration: From Issues to Solutions.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
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Abstract
Giving up surgical castration is desirable to avoid pain during surgery but breeding entire males raises issues on meat quality, particularly on boar taint, and aggression. It has been known for decades that boar taint is directly related to sexual development in uncastrated male pigs. The proportion of tainted carcasses depends on many factors, including genetics. The selection of lines with a low risk of developing boar taint should be considered as the most desirable solution in the medium to long term. It has been evidenced that selection against boar taint is feasible, and has been set up in a balanced way in some pig populations to counterbalance potential unfavorable effects on reproductive performances. Selection against aggressive behaviors, though theoretically feasible, faces phenotyping challenges that compromise selection in practice. In the near future, new developments in modelization, automatic recording, and genomic data will help define breeding objectives to solve entire male meat quality and welfare issues.
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