Swine Names
Swine Facilities
Swine Basics
Swine Breeds
Miscellaneous
100
a female with piglets
What is a sow
100
area where the sow gives birth
What is the farrowing house
100

How fast can a pig run a mile?

7 minutes

100
pink with droopy ears
What is a landrace
100
the removal of the tail
What is docking
200
a castrated male
What is a barrow
200
the area where pigs are raised to market weight
What is the finishing barn
200

What % of breeding is done AI? 

90

200
"oreo" pig black with white band around the middle
What is a hampshire
200
sows giving birth
What is farrowing
300
young female without piglets
What is a gilt
300

Breeder sells his grower pigs to a finishing operation to grow them out to market weight?

Feeder 

300

What is market weight? 

240 to 250

300
pink with erect ears
What is a yorkshire
300
The notched ear that represents the piglet number
What is the right ear
400
an intact mature male
What is a boar
400
How long is the gestation period for a female pig?

3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days

400

Name 1 of the top 5 pig states

Iowa, North Carolina, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana

400
black and white with erect ears
What is Berkshire
400
removing an animal from the herd that has undesirable characteristics
What is culling
500

What is the family name for pigs?

Swine

500

What do all the pigs with SHIRE in the name have in common? 

Erect ears

500

What is the scientific name for pigs?

Porcine

500

Name one type of meat we get from pigs.

Pork chops, Bacon, Ham, Sausage, Hot dogs, Pork roast, 

500

Name one product we can from pigs

Insulin, Crayons, Makeup, Football, Suede for clothing, Shoes, Hair for paint brushes, Heart valves

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