date:May 17, 2012
Owned by the Danish Pig Research Centre (DPRC), DanBred is looking for solutions to avoid boar taint, an unpleasant scent in meat from uncastrated boars, having a negative impact on the European pork industry once the voluntary welfare code is introduced.
Researchers from the genetic research and development section of the DPRC are collaborating with the Faculty of Life Sciences at Copenhagen University on a three-year post-doctoral project to implement genomic selection to reduce boar taint.