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ArticleBiomolecules2025

In Vitro and In Vivo Comparisons of Activated Charcoal and Biochar as Dietary Treatments for Controlling Boar Taint.

Melissa Parent, Christine Bone, Lee-Anne Huber, E James Squires

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Article in Biomolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Melissa ParentDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada.
Christine BoneDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4018-7741
Lee-Anne HuberDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada.
E James SquiresDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5288-5600

Funding

Canada First Research Excellence Fund N/ANatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council RGPIN-2019-03936Swine Innovation Porc SIP 039-17a
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activated charcoal (AC) is an adsorbent that can prevent the accumulation of boar taint-causing compounds in the fat, but is not an approved dietary additive for livestock animals. Biochar (BC) is a similar feed-approved charcoal adsorbent that may be an alternative dietary additive to control boar taint. This study was conducted to evaluate AC and BC, both in vitro and in vivo, as dietary treatments for boar taint. This was done by first conducting an in vitro binding study to compare binding between AC, BC, and spent filter aid (SFA) for boar taint compounds. Results of the in vitro study showed that both AC and BC had significantly higher

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CharcoalAdsorptionAnimal FeedAnimalsDietMaleSkatoleSwinebiocharCharcoalSkatoleactivated charcoalandrostenonebinding agentsbiocharboar taintenterohepatic circulationestrogensskatolespent filter aid

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PMID41008564
PMCPMC12467611

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