Nielsen, Sandra Stolzenbach; Hansen, Laurits Lydehøj and Byrne, Derek Victor (2007) Sensory emphasis on pork quality related to the diet content of fermentable fibre-rich feedstuffs (chicory and lupine) with special emphasis on the effect on boar taint. University of Copenhagen , Faculty of Life Sciences.
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Boar taint in entire male pork is caused by skatole and andros-tenone and other compounds such as indole. However, female pigs also pro-duce skatole and indole. The purpose was to minimise boar taint related to skatole by feeding entire male and female pigs with fibre-rich feedstuffs. An organic, 10% dried chicory or 25% lupine diet was applied for either 7 or 14 days before slaughter. Lupines significantly reduced skatole in backfat for both genders whilst chicory showed no significant differences in this re-spect. From a sensory perspective, chicory and lupine reduced boar taint since odour and flavour of manure related to skatole and urine associated to androstenone were minimised. The level of boar taint in the entire male pigs was mainly reduced after 14 days by both chicory and lupine while the “boar” taint in female pigs was mainly reduced by lupine.
EPrint Type: | Report |
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Keywords: | Chicory, lupine, boar taint, sensory profiling, skatole, androste-none |
Subjects: | Animal husbandry > Production systems > Pigs Animal husbandry > Health and welfare |
Research affiliation: | Denmark > DARCOF III (2005-2010) > QEMP - Integrity and quality of organic meat and egg |
Deposited By: | Hansen, Grethe |
ID Code: | 12959 |
Deposited On: | 18 Dec 2007 |
Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2010 07:36 |
Document Language: | English |
Status: | Unpublished |
Refereed: | Not peer-reviewed |
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