no mate your enviroment officer is wrong.it to do with when they reach sexual maturity.i'll bore you with the details when i've got more time.
in male animals the meat may possess an abnormal odour and taste,which may be so marked as to lower its marketability and depreciate its value.this sexual odour,which is specific for each animal and may be described as resembling stale urine,is markedly apperant in the boar and male goats,though of little or no significance in bulls and rams.this sexual odour in boars is caused by a steroid substance androsterone,the odour becomes apparent in the f