Danes Investigate Whether Diet Can Prevent Boar Taint

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.
calendar icon 2 September 2014
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Charlotte Rowney

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