Male and female pig meat have a different
smell
Joe is paying extra money to have only Gilt
meat
His last batch may have Boar in it
Joe wants Sue to develop a quick, easy,
reliable test for evidence of Boar meat
mixed into his Gilt meat
GILT : A gilt is a young female pig that has not given birth to a litter of her own.
SOW : A sow is an adult female pig that has given birth to one or more litters of piglets.
BARROW : A barrow is a male pig that has been castrated or is incapable of reproducing before he reaches sexual maturity.
BOAR : A Boar is an uncastrated domestic or wild male pig.
Two naturally occurring compounds:
androstenone and skatole.
Odor compared to urine and feces
Occurs in boars if not castrated.
Compounds can be detected by taste and
smell when the meat is heated.
An enzyme
It’s actually a bacteria
Thermus aquaticus live in hot springs
It is used because it can withstand the
higher temperatures that PCR tests use
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