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| Thomsen, Rikke; Edwards, Sandra E; Jensen, Bent Borg; Rousing, Tine; Sørensen, Jan Tind. |
| To investigate the extent to which the level of androstenone and skatole decreases with a decrease in live weight and/or age at slaughter of entire male pigs produced under organic standards, 1174 entire male pigs were raised in parallel in 5 organic herds, distributed across 4 batches in summer and winter. The median androstenone level was high for organic entire male pigs (1.9 µg/g), but varied greatly both within and between herds. Median skatole level was 0.05 µg/g, also with a wide range both within and between herds. Decreasing live weight over the range of 110±15.6 kg sd was found to decrease androstenone as well as skatole concentration, however, with different patterns of association. Age did not have significant direct effect on either... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Feeding and growth; Pigs. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/28043/7/28043.pdf |
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