This Little Piggy...
The average age for a pig heading for slaughter
What is 6 months
Mature female, with piglets
What is a SOW
Term for a baby swine
What is a PIGLET
The ideal weight for a pig heading for slaughter
What is 250#
The term for meat from pigs
What is PORK
Term for a pig being prepared for slaughter
What is a MARKET HOG
Mature reproductively sound male
What is a BOAR
The term for a group of piglets born at the same time by the same sow
What is a LITTER
The term for the amount of usable meat from the animal
What is DRESSING PERCENTAGE
The name of the canine teeth in pigs that continuously grow and are sharpened by the lowers and uppers rubbing against each other.
What are tusks
The term for the ideal weight for slaughter (not the actual weight!)
What is MARKET WEIGHT
The species term for pigs. Of, or relating to pigs.
What is PORCINE
Brothers and sisters from the same mom
What are LITTERMATES
The amount of usable meat (%) from a pig
What is 74%
The term for a young pig, recently weaned (approximately 8 weeks of age)
What is a FEEDER PIG
Another term for "Live Weight"
What is ON THE HOOF
The pig-specific term for giving birth
What is FARROW
The term for a permenant and universal method of identifying pigs
What is EAR NOTCHING
The amount of usable meat (%) from a bovine
What is 62%
A natural behavior of pigs where they use their snout to push or nudge into something repeatedly
What rooting (root)
Another term for "On The Rail"
What is HANGING WEIGHT
The term for an immature female pig
What is a GILT
The term for a castrated male
What is a BARROW
The amount of usable meat (%) from a sheep
What is 54%
The length of gestation for pigs
What is 3 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, and 3 DAYS (114 DAYS)