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Can Diet Prevent Boar Taint?

2014-09-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

DENMARK - Sows in heat love it – but we humans abhor it: the smell of androstenone. This substance taints the meat from boars that have not been castrated. Scientists are investigating whether a substance can be added to the feed of boars that will capture the foul odour.

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