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Dr. Trish Berger: Eliminating Boar Taint | Ep. 149
In this episode of The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, Dr. Trish Berger from the University of California, Davis, shares her research on improving pork quality through a better understanding of boar taint. She explains the biological factors that cause this issue, how gene-editing tools may offer future solutions, and what this means for production efficiency and animal management. Listen now on all major platforms.
"Boar taint results from compounds produced in the pig’s gut that accumulate in fat tissue, especially when liver metabolism cannot clear them efficiently."
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