Breeds
Market Cuts
General Info
Diseases
Breeding
100
What breed of swine is all black with a white belt across the shoulders and has erect ears?
Hampshire
100
What cut of the pig comes from the belly?
Bacon
100
What is a baby pig called?
Piglet
100
Name one disease symptom of an external parasite.
Itching, rough skin, decreased feed intake
100
How long is a pig pregnant?
3 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days or 114 days
200
Duroc
200
What part of the pig produces the pork steak?
Shoulder
200
What is a female pig called?
Sow
200
What swine disease causes worms in the feces, decreased food intake, and slow growth?
Internal Parasites
200
What is it called when a pig gives birth?
Farrowing
300
What breed of swine is white with drooping ears?
Landrace
300
What cut of pork comes from the pigs leg?
Ham
300
What is a male pig called?
Boar
300
What is the swine disease that causes poor conception rates, reabsorbed litters, mummies and small litters?
Parvovirus
300
What is this called?
Farrowing Crate
400
Berkshire
400
What part of the pig is cooked low and slow and used in soups or stews?
Hock
400
What is a female pig that has never had babies called?
Gilt
400
What swine disease has symptoms of infection of the mammary gland, udder is hard and hot to the touch, and sow is off feed?
Mastitis - Lactation Failure
400
What is an average litter size?
9-10
500
Which breed is the most popular breed of swine in the United States and Canada?
Yorkshire
500
Where does this cut come from?
Loin
500
What is a castrated boar called?
Barrow
500
What swine disease causes reduced gain, poor growth, and reproductive failures in the breeding herd?
Pseudorabies (Aujesky's Disease)
500
What is one thing that should be done with a baby piglet within the first could days of life?
Iron Shots, Clipping needle teeth, dock tail, castrate males, ear notching