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dc.contributor.authorBee, Giuseppe
dc.contributor.authorQuiniou, Nathalie
dc.contributor.authorMaribo, Hanne
dc.contributor.authorZamaratskaia, Galia
dc.contributor.authorLawlor, Peadar G.
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-21T15:21:18Z
dc.date.available2021-07-21T15:21:18Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-23
dc.identifier.citationBee, G.; Quiniou, N.; Maribo, H.; Zamaratskaia, G.; Lawlor, P.G. Strategies to Meet Nutritional Requirements and Reduce Boar Taint in Meat from Entire Male Pigs and Immunocastrates. Animals 2020, 10, 1950. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10111950en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/2495
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPI AGen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAnimals;
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.subjectenergyen_US
dc.subjectproteinen_US
dc.subjectnutritionen_US
dc.subjectpork qualityen_US
dc.subjectmanagementen_US
dc.titleStrategies to Meet Nutritional Requirements and Reduce Boar Taint in Meat from Entire Male Pigs and Immunocastratesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ani10111950
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ani10111950
dc.identifier.piiani10111950
dc.source.volume10
dc.source.issue11
dc.source.beginpage1950
refterms.dateFOA2021-07-21T15:21:18Z
dc.source.journaltitleAnimals
dc.identifier.eissn2076-2615


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