Chapter 9

Question 0

Viral disease that is highly contagious. High fever, lose their appetite, become weak, and drink much water.

Answer 0

Hog Cholera

Question 1

Affects the reproductive tract of the female causing young to be aborted.

Answer 1

Bang’s / Brucellosis

Question 2

Bacterial disease. High fever, poor appetite, bloody urine, and females abort fetuses.

Answer 2

Leptospirosis

Question 3

Specific type of pneumonia. Chronic cough and lung lesions.

Answer 3

Pneumonia Lesions

Question 4

Viral disease attacking swine. Piglets develop fever, paralysis, coma, and death, in as little as 24 hrs.

Answer 4

Pseudorabies

Question 5

Found in young pigs. Spread by ingesting infected feces, outbreaks common in late summer / early fall.

Answer 5

Swine dysentery

Question 6

Produce large amount of young

Answer 6

Prolific

Question 7

Baby pig

Answer 7

Piglet

Question 8

Male castrated at young age

Answer 8

Barrow

Question 9

Young female that has not farrowed

Answer 9

Gilt

Question 10

Older female pig

Answer 10

Sow

Question 11

Male hog

Answer 11

Boar

Question 12

Gives greatest amount of lean meat in high-value cuts

Answer 12

Meat-type hog

Question 13

To select an animal that is as close to the ideal as possible

Answer 13

Type

Question 14

Record of an individual’s heredity

Answer 14

Pedigree

Question 15

Tool for measuring the thickness of backfat

Answer 15

Probe

Question 16

Burst of high frequency sound

Answer 16

Ultrasonics

Question 17

Nonpathological disorder in heavily muscled animals that result in sudden death loss

Answer 17

Porcine stress syndrome

Question 18

Free of disease at birth and raised in an aseptic environment

Answer 18

Specific pathogen free

Question 19

Pig weighing about 40 lbs and has just been weaned

Answer 19

Feeder pig

Question 20

Feeding feeder pigs until market size is reached

Answer 20

Finishing

Question 21

Contract between a producer and a buyer before hogs are raised

Answer 21

Contract production

Question 22

Giving birth to pigs

Answer 22

Farrowing

Question 23

Eight sharp, long teeth

Answer 23

Needle teeth

Question 24

Clipping the tail from baby pigs

Answer 24

Tail docking

Question 25

Substances added to feed to meet a particular need

Answer 25

Additives

Question 26

Growth hormone for swine

Answer 26

Porcine somatotropin (pST

Question 27

Period before slaughter when an animal should not receive a particular medication or other product

Answer 27

Withdrawal time

Question 28

Most common method of swine identification

Answer 28

Ear notching