AVS LAB MIDTERM

Question 1

How many days do you wean a litter of pigs?

Answer 1

21 days

Question 2

What is the average number of pigs born in one litter?

Answer 2

10

Question 3

What is the term that means standing heat?

Answer 3

Lactation

Question 4

What is the average size of a top or market hog?

Answer 4

270 pounds

Question 5

What facilities of a swine center are environmentally controlled?

Answer 5

Farrowing house & nursery

Question 6

What 4 practices are completed prior to pigs leaving the farrowing house?

Answer 6

Ear notching
Castration of male offspring
Iron Injection
Tail docking

Question 7

A pig has the instinct to

Answer 7

root & chew

Question 8

What is the gestation length in a cow?

Answer 8

284 days

Question 9

At the LeMaster Dairy calves are weaned from milk at approximately how many weeks?

Answer 9

8

Question 10

TMR stands for

Answer 10

Total Mixed Ration

Question 11

Washing of the teats prior to milking helps reduce the number of what kind of cells in the milk?

Answer 11

somatic

Question 12

A fresh cow is a cow that

Answer 12

has recently calved

Question 13

A chicken egg requires an incubation time of

Answer 13

21 days

Question 14

What is considered the number one layer of white eggs?

Answer 14

Single-comb White Leghorn

Question 15

What is it called when you hold an egg to light?

Answer 15

Candling