Effects of Compudose® implants on performance carcass, meat quality traits and serum testosterone in young boars (1984)

Authors

T Timmis
Michael E. Dikeman
Melvin C. Hunt
G Highfill
Jeffrey S. Stevenson
Robert H. Hines

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

Abstract

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

Recommended Citation

Timmis, T; Dikeman, Michael E.; Hunt, Melvin C.; Highfill, G; Stevenson, Jeffrey S.; and Hines, Robert H. (1984) "Effects of Compudose® implants on performance carcass, meat quality traits and serum testosterone in young boars (1984)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6126