Breeds of Swine Production Flashcards
Characteristics of PIETRAIN
- Spotted black & white
- Medium sized ear pointed upward or sometimes slightly drooping. Its snout is moderately long & dished
- With good muscle development in the ham, loin & shoulder with thin backfat thickness
- Good mothering performance & reproductive ability
- Its disadvantage is its weak hind legs; slow grower & its susceptibility to stress
- If available, they are prolific and adapt well to rugged condition but growth rate is slow
- Beginners in the industry should first raise native pigs and graduate to improved breeds.
Philippine Native
What are the characteristics of Poland China?
- Pigs are black with six white points (the face, feet and tail)
- Ears are slightly drooping
- They are rugged but do not grow as fast as the other breeds
- The sows lack prolificacy but produce well when crossed with any of the common breeds.
Berkshire have the desirable length, depth and balance of body but lack?
good growth and efficiency in converting feed to weight gain
What are the characteristics of Hampshire?
- colored black with white belt around the shoulder and body
- generally long legged and lack body thickness
- the sows have a reputation of weaning a high percentage of the pigs farrowed and are able to adopt to very rugged conditions.
- The growth rate however has generally been average or below
What are the characteristics of Duroc?
- Its color are varying shades of red.
*The sow is prolific & are good mothers.
*Produces pig that have superior rate of growth; feed conversion & their performance in rugged condition is better than any white breeds
What are the characteristics of berkshire?
- Black with six white points (4 white feet; some white in the face and tail)
- The ears are erect and inclined forward as the animal grows older
- Known for their meatiness and good adaptability to rugged conditions
- They have the desirable length, depth and balance of body but lack good growth and efficiency in converting feed to weight gain
Give the characteristics of Landrace.
- white; short legs with medium to large drooping ears; short snout
- good mothering ability & litter size; heavy &produce pigs of highly acceptable carcass quality
- weak on the feet & have problem adopting to rugged condition but it can be corrected by proper selection & breeding
- entirely white erect ears that is not so big
- sows have superior mothering ability; farrow & wean large litters & are excellent milkers
- adopt well to confinement but not on rugged condition; prone to disease
yorkshire or large white
this is a cross between the native and the Berkshire. It was perfected by Dr. Gonzales in the UPCA in Los Baños, Laguna in 1916
BERKJALA
an intermediate between lard & bacon type; the bred is found in Cotabato. The size is satisfactory. The head is long & the snout pointed & long. The pig matures at 9 months.
koronadal pig
2 strains of Batangas pig
- KAMAN – the size & looks is similar to Duroc Jersey
- DIANI – black color similar to Berkshire & Poland China
The birth weight is 0.6 kg, at 6 months 9.9 kg., 34.5 kg at 1 year and a half and 66.4 kg at 2 years of age. Even if it’s fed with the medium ration, the ration, the weight will not improve.
Native Pig
There is no best breed. Each breed has its own good & bad characteristics. It is up for the pig raiser to decide what breed to use. The bottom line is?
it adopts to the country’s’ condition
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