Terms Flashcards
male pig of any age that is usually intended for breeding
BOAR
Removal of testes
CASTRATION
A yellowish milky fluid secreted by the mammary glands shortly befire and a fee days after farrowing
COLOSTRUM
Act of fertilization
CONCEPTION
an organisms that is inside the pigs body without causing any clinical damage or disease
CONTAMINATION
period of sexual receptivity in female or the heat period
ESTROUS
act of giving birth in sows
FARROWING
pregnancy time from conception to birth
GESTATION PERIOD
young female pig under one year of age and has not yet guven birth
GILT
the existance of vigor or perfirmance in crossbred animals that is higher than the average of both parebts. It is also known as?
HETEROSIS AND HYBRID VIGOR
the disruptive changes in the organs/tissue of the animal when infected
Lesion
group of pigs born in one farrowing
Litter
number of pigs in one litter
LITTER SIZE
number of affected animals
MORBIDITY
number if dead animals
MORTALITY
release of egg cell (ovum) from the ovary
OVULATION
the ability of the organism to cause damage or disease
PATHOGENIC
sexual maturity as exihibited by first hest or ovulation
PUBERTY
mature female pig, one that has given birth
SOW
young female pig, from birth up to weaning
SUCKLING
a boar used in a crossbreeding program for the production of slaugher pigs
TERMINAL SIRE
pigs produced from mating if a twi-breed crossbred sow to a carefully selected termimal sires of different breed.
TRIPLE CROSS PIGS
the process of separating the young from its dam.
Weaning
young pigs seaprated from the sow; about 39 to 90 days old
WEANLING
