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."

Meet the guest: Dr. Trish Berger is a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Davis, with extensive research on reproductive physiology and genetic regulation in pigs. She earned her B.A. in Biochemistry from the University of Kansas, her M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Science from Purdue University, and studied physiology and biochemistry of farm animals at the University of Reading, UK. 

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What you will learn:

• (00:00) Highlight
• (01:18) Introduction
• (01:48) Causes of boar taint
• (03:15) Mechanisms behind boar taint
• (06:03) Boar x barrow
• (08:43) Gene-editing strategies
• (21:49) Future research steps
• (23:57) Final three questions

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