Incidence of Sex Odor in Boars, Sows, Barrows and Gilts

Concentrations of fat and plasma 5 -androstenone and plasma testosterone in boars selected for rate of body weight gain and thickness of back fat during growth, sexual maturation and after mating

“…Hansson (1974) has also confirmed that boars fed according to age have a better feed conversion and a higher growth rate than barrows. Conflicting results have been reported regarding the incidence of boar taint (Bratzler, Soule, Reineke & Paul, 1954;Kroeske, 1963; Williams, Pearson & Webb, 1963;Prescott & Lamming, 1964;Teague, Plimpton, Cahill, Grifo & Kunkle, 1964;Void, 1969, Elsley & Livingstone, 1969, but recent investigations seem to confirm that the incidence is rather low (Malmfors & Hansson, 1974;Walstra, 1974). It would there¬ fore be desirable to find methods other than surgical castration of young males to control the occur¬ rence of boar taint.…”

Relationship of Sex Odor to Panel Acceptability and Certain Other Organoleptic Characteristics of Pork Chops

“…Lescastratsont6t6chatr6sdl The problem ofsex odor in pork, commonly sexes and concluded that sex and breed have referred to as "boar taint," has generated little influence on the overall incidence of much discussion in the past, as well as a sex odor. Williams et al (1963) tested fat substantial amount of investigation resulting samples of the different sexes and reported in some conflicting reports. Self (1957) 64Vo incidence for boars, l7o incidenie for studied the incidence of pork odor in sowsand5Toincidenceforbothbarrowsand diaphragm muscle of different breeds and gilts.…”

Flavor and aroma problems and their measurement in meat, poultry and fish products

“…This has not been shown to be the case in other studies (Williams et al, 1963;USDA, 1968) for reasons explained by Reineccius (1979). Further complications have arisen from studies suggesting that boar odor may be caused by skatole as claimed by Swedish workers (Hansson et aI., 1980;Lundstrom et al, 1980).…”