HISTORY
THIRD LARGEST PORK PRODUCING COUNTRY
WHAT IS THE UNITED STATES?
MOTHER BREED
WHAT IS A YORKSHIRE?
amount of visible fat in the loin eye area
WHAT IS MARBLING?
length x width x height
what is volume?
HOW LONG IT TAKES A PIG TO GET TO MARKET WEIGHT
WHAT IS DAYS TO 250?
Grew well on a diet of native corn, PROVIDED LARD & ENERGY
WHY DID WE RAISE PIGS?
LONG DOWN EARS & LONG BODIED
LANDRACE
How well meat can hold onto its water
WHAT IS DRIP LOSS?
Bottom to top, Toes, Pasterns, Knee and hock, Shoulder and Hip, Topline
WHAT IS STRUCTURE?
Controlled by hundreds or possibly thousands of genes, Environment does affect expression
WHAT ARE Quantitative Traits?
NUMBER ONE EXPORT CUSTOMER
WHAT IS MEXICO?
MOST POPULAR TERMINAL SIRE
WHAT IS A DUROC?
Occurs when animals are stressed right before slaughter
WHAT IS PSE?
what is bow-legged?
Controlled by a few pairs of genes, Phenotypes can be easily distinguished
WHAT ARE QUALITATIVE TRAITS?
Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska, Indiana, Missouri
WHAT IS THE HOG BELT?
ORIGINATED IN U.S., DOWN EARED AND POOR MEAT QUALITY
WHAT IS A SPOT?
Gene found primarily in Pietrain breed crosses, with low frequency in most breeds
WHAT IS HALOTHANE GENE?
out at knees, in at toes
what is pigeon toed?
The advantage or disadvantage of an individual’s offspring over the progeny of an average animal is its progeny difference
WHAT IS AN EPD?
Father of American Pork Industry
WHO IS DE SOTO?
BACON BREED
WHAT IS A TAMWORTH?
Provides an insurance factor to over cooking
WHAT IS PUMPED PORK?
amount of fat for MARKET ANIMAL
WHAT IS FINISH?
Proportion of the phenotypic variation in a population explained by genetic factors
WHAT IS HERITABILITY?