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Artificial light programmes in entire male pig production – effects on androstenone, skatole and animal welfare

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  • lement> Prevention of Boar Taint in Pig Production: The 19th Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation Meeting abstracts http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/files/pdf/1751-0147-48-S1-full.pdf

  • The aim of the study was to evaluate whether artificial light programmes could be a useful tool to reduce boar taint substances in entire male pig production

  • The hypothesis in the present study was that pigs raised under conditions with increasing day length and high light intensity, would be less sexually mature at slaughter than pigs raised under conditions with decreasing day length and low light intensity

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lement> Prevention of Boar Taint in Pig Production: The 19th Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation Meeting abstracts http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/files/pdf/1751-0147-48-S1-full.pdf

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