Swine as Food
Pig Terms
After Birth Maintenance
Production Cycle
Breeds
200
Meat from swine
Pork
200
A baby pig
Piglet
200
Term for removing the pig's tail
Dock
200
Term for length of pregnancy
Gestation
200
Has droopy ears and good mothering ability
Duroc
400
Rendered pork fat
Lard
400
Mature male hog used for breeding
Boar
400
There are 3 main ways to ID pigs.
Ear tags, tattoos, and...
Ear notching
400
After a pig has her first litter, she goes from being a GILT to being a...
Sow
400
Good feed efficiency & used as bacon-type hogs
Yorkshire
600
Term for when you cook & press the oil from fatty tissue
Render
600
Older female pig that has had babies
Sow
600
Baby pigs have how many needle teeth at birth?
8
600
Length of gestation for pigs
3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days
(about 114 days)
600
Droopy ears and prolific
Hereford
800
What part of the pig does bacon come from?
Belly
800
Young female pig that has not given birth
Gilt
800
Supplement given to pigs shortly after birth
Iron
800
Term for when a piglet no longer needs its mom's milk
Wean
800
Lean carcass & used in crossbreeding programs
Hampshire
1000
What part of the pig do ham hocks come from?
Bottom part of leg (hocks)
1000
Male pig that was castrated at a young age
Barrow
1000
Antiseptic (sanitizer) used on navel cord and tails when docked
Iodine
1000
The pen that sows are put in so they do not accidentally lay on their babies.
Farrowing Crate
Birthing Crate
Piglet Protection Pen
1000
Medium-sized hog, lean carcass, erect ears
Berkshire