Vocab
Piglet Processing
Ear Notching
Castration
Environmental Concerns
100
A mature male swine capable of breeding
Boar
100
What method do most swine producers use as an identifier of hogs?
Ear Notching
100
What are all numbers used in ear notching multiples of?
3
100
How old should a piglet be when it is castrated?
Less than or around 1 week
100
How much poo does a pig produce in a day?
1.3 gallons
200
A mature female swine that has had piglets
Sow
200
Tails of hogs are docked to help prevent what?
Cannibalism
200
When a pig is looking at you... The number a litter was born on the farm is on which of the pig's ears?
Left
200
What are the best methods of castration in hogs?
Cutting (surgical) or chemical
200
What are 2 of the top 3 hog producing states?
Iowa, North Carolina, and Minnesota
300
A young female pig that has not had piglets
Gilt
300
What are one of the two shots piglets are given when they are young?
Iron OR Antibiotics
300
When a pig is looking at you... The number a piglet was in its litter is on which of its ears?
Right
300
What is the best time of year to castrate animals?
Spring or fall, when there aren't many flies
300
How do algal blooms harm fish?
Suffocation by removing oxygen
400
A castrated male swine
Barrow
400
Reserved for male piglets, what process is usually done while the piglet is small enough to handle?
Castration
400
What is this pig's number?
38-4
400
What are 4 different methods of castration?
Cutting, banding, clamping, chemical
400
What is a main cause of a harmful algal bloom?
Nutrient pollution
500
The act of parturition in swine
Farrowing
500
What teeth do swine producers clip in young hogs to protect the sows and the other piglets?
Needle teeth
500
Draw a pig and notch 14-10 in its ears.
500
What is the name of one device used in any of the castration methods?
Emasculatome, elastrator, scalpel
500
What are 4 examples of "common" resources?
Air, water, land, wildlife, roads, etc.