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1
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Sow Housing

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during gestation & lactation

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Animal welfare concerns

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Castrartion, tail docking, teeth clipping, handling and transportation

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Babirusa

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Asian islands

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Giant Forest Hogs

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European pig

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Peccary

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Warthog

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African

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european wild boar

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Imported for hunting,

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feral. hogs in Texas

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Destructive bc they have no predator, you hunt the sow so they produce the babies
Tear up any environment theyre in

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Boar(sire) Breeds

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Strong: Growth Rate; Good Carcasses
Low fat and Heavy Muscling

Weakness: Lower reproductive performance than sow breeds

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Hampshire

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Origin- Hampshire, England
Black with a white belt, erect ears
best mothers

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Wessex Saddleback

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englidh breed
black w white belt
BUT they have drooped ears

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Duroc

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Light Golden to Dark Red
Drooped Ears
Developed in US

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Poland china

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Black with Six white points :feet, snout, tail
Drooped Ears

Spotted poland china is same coloring but has black spots

Both have US origin

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Berkshire

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Berkshire, england
Black , w six white points
, erect ears,
short dished face

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Pietrain

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Germany origin
White with black spots (faded spots)
Meat quality problems
Very thickly muscled

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Tamworth

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Red,
erect ears
Usually turns into bacon when developed
From Irish GHrazer

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Hereford

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Similar to hereford
Cattle markings
Dropped ears
Duroc, Chester

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Sow(dam) Breeds

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Prolific
Excellent Mothering abikity
good milkers
acceptable carcass traits
all are white
Ear types help w identification

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American Landrace

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Scandinavia origin
White, BIG drooping ears, long bodies

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Yorkshire Boar

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Yorkshire, england
“large whites”
Erect ears
Most muscular of white breeds

21
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Large White

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Euaropean

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Chester white

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US
drooped ears but smaller ears than landrace

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Meishan

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Huge reproductive capability
from china
oldest
most prolific
fat, slow growth

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Minzhu

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Another chinese breed

25
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pot bellied

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used as pets
from asia

26
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Wooly Hog

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Fuzzy

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