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Including dried chicory in boar diets for two weeks before finishing reduced skatole concentrations in backfat to a level typical of castrates. But no improvement in odour scores occurred, probably because androstenone remained high.

Housing finishing entire male pigs in all-male groups led to an increase in injuries when initial within-group weight variation was low, and led to increased levels of mounting, which is likely to have a negative effect on welfare.