Swine Flashcards
Sow Housing
during gestation & lactation
Animal welfare concerns
Castrartion, tail docking, teeth clipping, handling and transportation
Babirusa
Asian islands
Giant Forest Hogs
European pig
Peccary
Warthog
African
european wild boar
Imported for hunting,
feral. hogs in Texas
Destructive bc they have no predator, you hunt the sow so they produce the babies
Tear up any environment theyre in
Boar(sire) Breeds
Strong: Growth Rate; Good Carcasses
Low fat and Heavy Muscling
Weakness: Lower reproductive performance than sow breeds
Hampshire
Origin- Hampshire, England
Black with a white belt, erect ears
best mothers
Wessex Saddleback
englidh breed
black w white belt
BUT they have drooped ears
Duroc
Light Golden to Dark Red
Drooped Ears
Developed in US
Poland china
Black with Six white points :feet, snout, tail
Drooped Ears
Spotted poland china is same coloring but has black spots
Both have US origin
Berkshire
Berkshire, england
Black , w six white points
, erect ears,
short dished face
Pietrain
Germany origin
White with black spots (faded spots)
Meat quality problems
Very thickly muscled
Tamworth
Red,
erect ears
Usually turns into bacon when developed
From Irish GHrazer
Hereford
Similar to hereford
Cattle markings
Dropped ears
Duroc, Chester
Sow(dam) Breeds
Prolific
Excellent Mothering abikity
good milkers
acceptable carcass traits
all are white
Ear types help w identification
American Landrace
Scandinavia origin
White, BIG drooping ears, long bodies
Yorkshire Boar
Yorkshire, england
“large whites”
Erect ears
Most muscular of white breeds
Large White
Euaropean
Chester white
US
drooped ears but smaller ears than landrace
Meishan
Huge reproductive capability
from china
oldest
most prolific
fat, slow growth
Minzhu
Another chinese breed
pot bellied
used as pets
from asia
Wooly Hog
Fuzzy
