Pigs and Poultry

Question 1

What is the normal clin. values of pigs and piglets?

Answer 1

Pigs
HR= 60-90
RR= 10-20
T= 37.8-38.9
Piglets:
HR= 100-200
RR= 30-60
T= 38.9-40

Question 2

What are the normal values of a chicken?

Answer 2

HR = 250-300
RR = 12-36
T = 40-42.5

Question 3

What are the normal values of a turkey?

Answer 3

HR = 160-175
RR = 28-49
T = 39.4-41.5

Question 4

Explain the terms boar, barrow, sow, gilt, and farrowing

Answer 4

boar: entire male
barrow: castrated male
sow; entire fe that has had piglets
gilt: entire fe before having piglets
farrowing: giving birth

Question 5

Give some general husbandry of pigs

Answer 5

indoor area 19 degrees, wallowing area, commercial feed, straw bedding

Question 6

What is erysipelas

Answer 6

red diamond shaped lesions in pigs that are zoonotic

Question 7

Explain the poultry terms: hen, pullet, cock, rooster

Answer 7

hen: classifies as all females
pullet: female that hasn’t laid
cock: male that isnt sexually mature
rooster: male kept for breeding

Question 8

Explain the reproduction of a chicken

Answer 8

only L ovary functionable
female broods after 5-6 eggs laid
incubation period 21 days (17-21 degrees, 55-60% humitidity, turn eggs 5 times a day)
Take to hatcher on day 18

Question 9

Where are the IM/SC injection sites for a pig?

Answer 9

IM: neck
SC: behind ear/groin area

Question 10

Where are the IM/SC injection sites for a chicken?

Answer 10

IM: breast/leg
SC: neck/inguinal fold