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Pocine Chapter Flashcards

1
Q

What is a culled breeding pig sold for meat?

A

backfatter

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2
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What is a market of pigs between 140-180 pounds dressed weight?

A

baconer

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3
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What is a castrated male pig?

A

barrow

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4
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What is intact male pig?

A

boar

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5
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What is a pig approximately 220 pounds, ready for market?

A

butcher hog

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6
Q

What is the act of giving birth to pigs?

A

farrowing

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7
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What is an intensive breeding system in which the producer has no finish/grow floor and sells feeder pigs?

A

fawworing/feeder pig operation

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8
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What is a weaned gilt or barrow weighing between 40-82 pounds at 6-8 weeks and sold to be finished for slaughter?

A

feeder pig

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9
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What is a breeder that sells grower pigs to a finishing operation?

A

feeder pig operation

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10
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What is a grower pig over 150 pounds live weight?

A

finisher

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11
Q

What is a young female including first litter females pig?

A

gilt

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12
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What is a big that is being grown out to market weight?

A

grower pig

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13
Q

What is a group of swine?

A

herd

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14
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What is the generic term for swine?

A

hog

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15
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What is a feeding strategy in which pigs are fed a specific amount of food in a time period?

A

limit feeding

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16
Q

What is a group of piglets born to one mother?

A

litter

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17
Q

What is the market weight of a pig?

A

240-250

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18
Q

What is the generic term for swine?

A

pg

19
Q

What is a very young swine, usually from birth until weaning?

A

piglet

20
Q

What is a market pig between 66-120 pounds dressed weight?

A

porker

21
Q

What is the management procedures performed on neonatal swine?

A

processing

22
Q

What is the term for small sucking piglets?

A

fall backs

23
Q

What is the term for piglets weighing 2 pounds or less at birth?

A

runt

24
Q

What is the term for adult female pig?

A

sow

25
Q

What is the term for a castrated male pig after maturity?

A

stag

26
Q

What is the term for pig between birth and weaning?

A

sucker

27
Q

What is a piglet slaughtered for meat?

A

sucking pig

28
Q

What is a pig from weaning up to 40 pounds?

A

weaner pig

29
Q

What pig breed is known to be black with 6 white points and 4 white feet with a dished face?

A

Berkshire

30
Q

What breed of pig has a skid body color with a white belt around the body including both of the front legs?

A

Hampshire

31
Q

What breed of pig vatiers from light to dark with 2/3rds of the face being white along with at least 2 feet?

A

herefored

32
Q

What pig breed has characteristic-floppy ears, long bodied, with good mothering?

A

landrace

33
Q

What pig breed is known of being maximum weight at any age?

A

poland china

34
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What breed is know for their feed efficiency, rate of grand & carcass quality?

A

spot/spots

35
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What breed has very light muscle traits, erect ears, deep-sided, and well-arched?

A

tamworth

36
Q

What breed pig is known as a mother breed?

A

yorkshire

37
Q

What is the average pig litter size?

A

8-14

38
Q

What is the average piglet weight at birth?

A

3-4

39
Q

What is the average weight of a 4-5 week old piglet?

A

20-25

40
Q

By what age do piglets reach market weight?

A

5-6 months

41
Q

What is the gestation of a pig?

A

114 days

3m 3w 3d

42
Q

What is the average estrus cycle length of a pig?

A

21 days

19-23 days

43
Q

Enlaged vulva, reddening of the vulva, restlessness, mouthing other females, and a decreased appetite are signs of what?

A

heat

44
Q

How early can pregnancy be detected in pigs?

A

18-22 days

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