The new legislative situation raises once again the question which alternatives exist in order to avoid boar taint exist, if piglet castration would be forbidden and fattening of boars would be a common practise.
The aim this study was to contrast approaches from the large number of new and elder literatures with the subjects of reducing and eliminating boar taint and to assess the effectiveness of these methods to avoid boar taint. For the first time, these findings were presented in a summarised and concentrated form.
After reviewing 857 titles out of the year 1911 up to 2015, 664 sources of literature were chosen from all fields of pig breeding, housing and feeding, application of drugs, meat processing and the answer of consumers give a comprehensive understanding on the term of boar taint and the alternatives of piglet castration.
There is no single strategy against boar taint being exposed after this work. There are some approaches possible: the immunocastration that gained acceptance in Australia and Belgium is an animal welfare friendly and in practice feasibly method. But it needs an inspection for boar taint at the slaughter line. The fattening of young boars, supported by Switzerland, could be improved by an optimised housing and feeding strategy, as well as the use of breeding lines for low boar taint.
The processing of boar meat to premium products is possible. However, the amount of tainted boar meat coming into processing is still not clarified. It remains to be seen, how Germany will solve the problem of piglet castration.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:15-qucosa-171901 |
| Date | 30 June 2015 |
| Creators | Engesser, Diana |
| Contributors | Universität Leipzig, Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät, Prof. Dr. Peggy Braun, Prof. Dr. Alexander Wehrend |
| Publisher | Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:doctoralThesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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