BREEDS
Black with six white points and drooping ears
Piglets are born with eight of these sharp canine teeth
Needle teeth
The program that helps prevent disease transmission from humans to animals
Biosecurity program
Hogs should be held off feed approximately this many hours before slaughter
12-24 hours
Weight of the animal before slaughter
Live weight
Black with white belt and erect ears
Hampshire
Needle-teeth management may reduce these in the sow and littermates
Injuries and infections
The barn that houses sows during farrowing and serves as the nursery area
Farrowing Barn
The act of bleeding the animal
Exsanguination
Carcass weight after slaughter and before chilling
Hot carcass weight
White with drooping ears; good mothering ability
Chester White
ail docking is done to reduce this behavior
Tail biting
The barn that houses growing pigs
Grown-finish Barn
The act of removing the guts from the carcass.
Evisceration
Calculated as hot carcass weight divided by live weight × 100
Dressing percentage
Black with white spots and drooping ears
Spotted
Ear notching records the litter and this information
Individual pig number
The barn that houses sows during gestation or after weaning
Gestation Barn
The head is removed between these joints
Atlas and occipital
The measurement taken at the last rib to evaluate fat thickness
Last-rib back fatness
White with erect ears; imported from England in the early 1800s
Yorkshire
Wound spray is used after this piglet procedure
Castration
The structure that protects piglets from being laid on by the sow
Farrowing crate
The spray used before chilling to help control bacterial contamination
Organic acid spray
This loin measurement is used as an indicator of muscle
10th-rib LMA/LEA