IPG, Institute for Pig Genetics BV, PO Box 43, 6640 AA, Beuningen, The Netherlands.
Meat Sci. 2012 Aug;91(4):414-22. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.02.025. Epub 2012 Mar 3.
A system for sensory evaluation of boar taint was used to evaluate boar taint in fat samples from 6574 entire males. The term "human nose scoring" has been used to describe this system. The samples from each boar were heated with a hot iron and three panelists assigned scores of 0 to 4. The reproducibility of HNS ranged from 0.19 to 0.32 reflecting natural variation in the ability of human beings to detect different odors. The correlations of HNS with androstenone ranged from 0.22 to 0.52, while those with skatole ranged from 0.31 to 0.89, suggesting that skatole is a better predictor of boar taint. Considering (1) the relationship of HNS with the boar taint compounds, (2) the ability of HNS to capture variation not accounted for by the boar taint compounds, (3) low estimation costs and (4) low time requirements, HNS can be used in large scale evaluations of boar taint.
一个用于检测公猪异味的感官评估系统被用来评估来自 6574 头全雄性猪的脂肪样本中的公猪异味。这个系统被称为“人类嗅觉评分”。从每头公猪身上采集的样本都用热铁加热，然后由三名评审员对其进行 0 到 4 的评分。HNS 的重现性范围在 0.19 到 0.32 之间，反映了人类检测不同气味能力的自然变化。HNS 与雄烯酮的相关性在 0.22 到 0.52 之间，而与粪臭素的相关性在 0.31 到 0.89 之间，这表明粪臭素是公猪异味的更好预测指标。考虑到（1）HNS 与公猪异味化合物的关系，（2）HNS 捕捉公猪异味化合物无法解释的变异的能力，（3）低估计成本和（4）低时间要求，HNS 可用于大规模评估公猪异味。
