Relationship between androstenone content in fat, intensity of boar taint and size of accessory sex glands in boars.
Coefficients of correlation in the range of 0.6-0.8 were found between the size of the accessory sex glands and level of androstenone in subcutaneous fat. The length and weight of accessory sex glands combined in a multiple regression equation explained 64% of the variation in androstenone content. The correlation between boar taint intensity and size of accessory sex glands varied between 0.28 and 0.34.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000736:Androstenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001699:Biometry; D002030:Bulbourethral Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D010675:Pheromones; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012724:Sex Attractants; D013552:Swine / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*
D000736:Androstenes; D010675:Pheromones; D012724:Sex Attractants; C000214:androst-16-en-3-one