The right terminal sire can reduce tainted pig carcasses

Pig Progress.net

The German artificial insemination organisation GFS is making a distinction amongst boars looking at the risk of spreading boar taint to their offspring.It is possible to finish boars with a reduced risk for boar taint, when applying a terminal sire from artificial insemination organisation GFS. Earlier this month, board member Meike Friedrichs presented the organisation’s so-called Strat-E-Ger programme. This is short for ‘strategic boar choice against taint’.  Read more