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Berkshire
(Black w/ white socks) |
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Chester White
(Masculine face) |
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Duroc
(Reddish / droopy ears) |
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Hereford
(2 white feet / white face) |
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Poland China
(Black w/ white points) |
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Tamworth
(gold to dark red / "Elephant" ears) |
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| Swine referred to as the "Mother breed" |
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| Swine originating from crossing two or more breeds |
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| PSS (Porcine stress syndrome) , PSE (pale soft, exudative) meat, skin red and blotchy, common in white pigs |
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| 3 mo 3 wks 3 days / 111-115 days |
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| Production takes 10 - 11 mo, including breeding, gestation and raising to market weight (223 - 300 lbs) in 6 - 7 mo. |
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| Production involves, breeding, gestation, farrowing, and weaning to 30 - 70 lbs. |
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| Operation purchases feeder pigs (70 lbs) and feeds them to slaughter weight (260-280 lbs). |
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| Production involves breeding, gestation, farrowing and weaning. |
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| Operation produces semen and/or breeding boars and gilts. |
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| Gilts may start cycling as early as... |
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| Overfeeding boars can lead to... |
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| Sow productivity can be determined by... |
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| litter size, number weaned per litter, 21 day litter weight, number of litters per sow per yr. |
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| A boar should be purchased how many days prior to breeding season? |
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| Gilts start cycling as early as... |
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| 90% of breeding is accomplished by... |
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| Mating should occur how long prior to ovulation? |
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| Some causes of piglet mortality are... |
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| stillbirths, mummified fetuses, embryonic deaths, starvation, scours, respiratory issues and crushing. |
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| How soon should newborns receive colostrum? |
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| Piglets cannot thermoregulate until... |
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| Piglets can be offered feed at what age? |
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| Swine are reluctant to move from a dark building to... |
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| Threatened or protective hogs will ________ a warning and the head may be held _______ with ears _______. |
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| "woof" or "bark" / down / alert. |
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| Swine may require restraint during the following procedures... |
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| moving, processing piglets, castrations, blood collection, vaccination, dystocias, and removal of tusks. |
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| A piglet can be restrained by... |
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| a puppy hold, an under arm upside-down hold, or a hand around the chest holding the front legs. |
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| Restraint of a 15-100 lb pig can be accomplished by... |
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-picking up hind legs with head and front legs secured between your legs
-on back in trough
-rope snare
-crowd in corner
-bucket over head |
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| Restraint of a 100-800 lb pig can be accomplished by.... |
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-hog snare
-hurdle or gate
-burly or two half-hitches to throw animal on side
-farrowing crate
-corrals, alleyways, head catch
-bucket over head |
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| Some of the drugs used in chemical restraint are... |
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| Ketamine, Xylazine, Telazol and Acepromazine. |
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