Swine Terms
What is the meat from a pig called?
Pork
What breed of pig is red?
Duroc
What is the process of giving birth?
Farrowing
What is the main grain fed to pigs.
Corn
What are three phases of swine industry?
Farrowing, growing, and finishing
What is a baby pig called?
Piglet
What breed of pig is black with a white belt?
Hampshire
How long is a pig’s gestation period.
114 days
What protects piglets while allowing the sow to rest?
Farrowing Crate
What is the process of feeding a pig until it reaches sale weight called?
Finishing
What is a Female Adult Pig called?
Sow
What breed is white with erect ears?
Yorkshire
What is the first milk that provides piglet with antibodies called?
Colostrum
What practice helps identify individual pigs and there litters?
Ears notching
What are the three types of swine housing?
Pasture, total confinement, and combination
What is an intact adult Male pig called?
Boar
What pig breed is white with drooping ears and a long body?
American Landrace
What group of piglets born at one time called?
Litter
What is an open-air holding facility for pig manure called?
Lagoon
What are the four groups of internal parasites that affect pigs?
Roundworms, tapeworms, flukes, and Protozoa
What is a Castrated Male pig called?
Barrow
What breed is black with 6 white points and drooping ears?
Poland China
What phrase helps farmers remember a pig’s gestation period?
3 month, 3 weeks, 3 days
What are two management practices performed which days of birth?
Tail docking and giving iron shots
What are pigs sold soon after weaning called?
Feeder pigs or Growers