Types of Swine Production and Terminology
Swine Breeds
Ear Notching
Biosecurity
Housing
100
A castrated male swine is called?
What is a barrow?
100
This breed was developed in England, Black w/ white belt around shoulders and body, front legs Erect ears, good muscled.
What is Hampshire?
100
What is the ear notch for this pig?
What is 28-6?
100
Procedures to protect humans or animals against disease or harmful biological agents is the definition of what?
What is biosecurity?
100
Name the two of the three housing systems discussed in class?
What is pastured pork (free range), hoop barn, and confinement systems?
200
A mature female swine that has had a little of piglets is called?
What is a sow?
200
This breed was developed in England, black with 6 white points and 4 white feet and erect ears. Known for superior meat quality.
What is Berkshire?
200
What is the ear notch of this pig.
What is 29-5?
200
Name a main goal of biosecurity management on a pig farm?
What is reducing disease risk, maintaining cleanliness, controlling parasites, preventing respiratory and digestive diseases?
200
Which housing systems costs the most money to start up and maintain?
What is confinement housing?
300
A farm that farrows out piglets and keeps the pigs from gestation to finishing hogs to market weight is known as?
What is a farrow-to-finish operation?
300
This breed was developed in Denmark. All white in color, long bodies, down ears, good mothers and large litter size.
What is Landrace?
300
What is this ear notch?
What is 4-4?
300
True or false: biosecurity practices for confinement housing farms often include a shower in shower out system.
What is true?
300
Name one advantage of free range pastured pork systems.
What is less costs, niche market opportunities, and animal welfare advantages?
400
What is a swine operation that breeds and farrows sows them sells the piglets to a finish operation called?
What is farrow-to-feeder or feeder-to-nursery?
400
This breed orginated in the USA in Missouri and Iowa. They are a cross between several breeds such as the Duroc and Chester White. They are red and white in color with down ears. *A cattle breed shares the same name*
What is Hereford?
400
The pigs right ear represents what?
What is the litter number?
400
Name one common but devastating disease in swine farms in the United States?
What is Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) or Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED).
400
True or False: Hoop barns are the most popular among farms farrowing out piglets.
What is false? They are most popular among finishing operations.
500
A farm buying feeder pigs around 30-60 lbs from farrowing operations and then feeds them out to market weight is called?
What is feeder-to-finish or nursery-to-finish?
500
This little breed was developed in New Zealand with Asian origin. They have short legs, short upturned nose, fat round appearance. They have tassels that hang from the lower jaw. Very popular among pastured homestead farms.
What is the Kune Kune?
500
The pigs left ear represents what?
What is the individual (pig) number?
500
A veterinarian plays a crucial role in biosecurity by helping develop a herd _________ plan.
What is health?
500
Are confinement systems known as a closed or open system?
What is a closed system?