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Effects of Compudose® implants on performance carcass, meat quality traits and serum testosterone in young boars

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Implanting boar pigs at 100 lb with 24 mg of Compudose 200® (estradiol 17β) had no significant effect on "boar odor" in meat, rate of gain, feed efficiency, carcass leanness or meat quality traits. The presence of a 7 to 8 mo old gilt in the pen decreased rate of growth in both control and implanted boars, but contrary to our expectations did not increase the incidence of "boar odor".; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 15, 1984

Keywords: Swine day, 1984, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 85-132-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 461, Swine, Compudose, Carcass, Meat quality, Serum, Testosterone

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Timmis, T., Dikeman, M. E., Hunt, M. C., Highfill, G., Stevenson, J. S. & Hines, R. H., (1984) “Effects of Compudose® implants on performance carcass, meat quality traits and serum testosterone in young boars”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(10), 92-95. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6126

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1984-01-01