Muscle Terms
Wider through the center portion of the ___
What is the ham?
A breed with erect ears, black hided with white point.
What is Berkshire?
More correct in the angle of his/her
Shoulder, hock
The cleft between the hams.
What is the seam of the ham?
The length of gestation in swine.
What is 114 days/ 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days?
An area where definition of muscling can be seen at the forward portion of the hip.
What is the ham/loin junction?
What is Landrace?
"Bucked over" is a term referring to an animal's ___?
Knee
The large joint in the middle of the rear leg.
What is the hock?
what is six?
An advantage describing a leaner hog.
The belted breed.
What is Hampshire?
"Plants and pushes" refers to how a hog does what?
Walk
The blade is the top portion of this body part, visible beneath the skin.
What is the shoulder?
What is backfat?
A hog that stands with more width is considered this.
What is wider based?
The solid red American pig.
What is Duroc?
We may say that a hog is cleaner jointed. Which joint does that typically refer to?
Hock, sometimes the pastern
A pig should be wide here as an indicator of body width.
What is the skull?
This EPD is abbreviated NBA
What is Number Born Alive?
What is the jowl?
White-skinned breed popular in confinement with erect ears.
What is Yorkshire?
A hog that drops from his hooks to pins is said to be what?
Steep-hipped/steep-rumped
A long muscle spanning from shoulder to hip.
What is the loin?
SPI is the abbreviation of this EPD.
What is Sow Productivity Index?