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Project

REDBOAR: Reduction of boar taint in meat products: alternative production processes

Acronym
REDBOAR
Code
179P067017
Duration
01 March 2017 → 31 August 2020
Funding
Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Food chemistry
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Sustainable agriculture
    • Food technology
    • Veterinary public health and food safety
Keywords
boar taint
 
Project description

The aim of the project is to map the castration problems and their approach across all links of the pork value chain to meat processing plants, comparing two scenarios (immunocastration and intact male bears) with the scenario of castrated boars.