Swine production Flashcards
Where are most of the pigs in the US
the midwest, by the corn
some in NC
vertically integrated system
same company owns hog, feed mill, slaughter house
maternal line breeds
white
white= milk= maternal
can wean 25 pigs per year
usually farrow 2-3x/year
terminal lines
darker color
more meat production
shire breeds
erect ears
landrace breeds
floppy ears
farrow to finish
involve all stages of production
market weight 275#
farrow to nursery
farms sell or transfer 40-60# feeder pigs to grow to finish farms
farrow to wean
farms sell 10-15# weaned pigs to nursery-grow-finish farms
wean to finish
farms get weaned pigs and grow them to market pigs
pen mating
boar placed with a group of sows
older system
less info about when the sow was fed
hand mating
one boar placed with one sow
artificial insemination
moderate labor needed
know when inseminated and how it was performed
gestation of pig
3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days (114 days)
piglet birth weight
2-5#
