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Boar taint: Challenges and opportunities (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Doran, O. (2013, March). Boar taint: Challenges and opportunities. Presented at British Pig Executive Board Workshop for UK Meat Industry, Peterborough, UK

Relationship between the hepatic SULT2A1 protein expression and backfat androstenone level in pigs of three breeds (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Panella-Riera, N., Mackay, J., Shevillon, P., Oliver, M. A., Bonneau, M., & Doran, O. (2010, August). Relationship between the hepatic SULT2A1 protein expression and backfat androstenone level in pigs of three breeds. Paper presented at 61st Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Heraklion, Greece

Excessive accumulation of androstenone in pig adipose tissue contributes to the phenomenon of boar taint, an off-odour of some cooked pork. One of the reasons for high androstenone accumulation is a low rate of androstenone metabolism in pig liver. T... Read More about Relationship between the hepatic SULT2A1 protein expression and backfat androstenone level in pigs of three breeds.

The ALCASDE project and WP1 tasks (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Doran, O. (2009, October). The ALCASDE project and WP1 tasks. Presented at Boar Taint Detection Workshop, Bologna, Italy

Genetic test for food quality (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Doran, O. (2009, January). Genetic test for food quality. Paper presented at Abstracts of Lectures and Posters of International Conference Repid Methods Europe 2009, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands

ALCASDE project: Study on the improved methods for animal-friendly production, in particular on alternatives to the castration of pigs and on alternatives to the dehorming of cattle (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Oliver, M. A., Mirabito, L., Vessier, I., Thomas, C., Bonneua, M., Doran, O., …Pentelescu, O. N. (2008, August). ALCASDE project: Study on the improved methods for animal-friendly production, in particular on alternatives to the castration of pigs and on alternatives to the dehorming of cattle. Paper presented at 59th EAAP meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania