Endocrine Fertility Parameters—Genomic Background and Their Genetic Relationship to Boar Taint in German Landrace and Large White

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Breeding against boar taint compounds androstenone and skatole can be an efficient alternative for surgical castration of young piglets during their first week of life to avoid boar taint. Physiological links of androstenone to steroid hormones in the synthesis pathway are documented...

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Published in:Animals (Basel)
Main Authors: Brinke, Ines, Große-Brinkhaus, Christine, Roth, Katharina, Pröll-Cornelissen, Maren Julia, Klein, Sebastian, Schellander, Karl, Tholen, Ernst
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7831948/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33477702
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11010231
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