0 search results for: <boar taint>” target=_blank>boar taint</A> and other ‘off flavours’ which can make pork inedible. With the trend in the pig industry towards finishing pigs at higher weights, there are genuine concerns that aggressive male riding behaviour has the potential to seriously compromise the pig’s welfare and can also induce penile damage and haemorrhage and in certain cases, severe anal ulceration.</DIV><DIV>Around the world, 500 million piglets are castrated each year, without severe loss and these provide good quality, edible protein for the nutrition of more than half the world.</DIV><DIV>What are your thoughts and comments