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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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Autores principales: Brinke, Ines, Große-Brinkhaus, Christine, Roth, Katharina, Pröll-Cornelissen, Maren Julia, Klein, Sebastian, Schellander, Karl, Tholen, Ernst
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7831948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33477702
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11010231