Unit 6 Swine Industry

Unit 6 Swine Industry

Pork meat cuts

The pig is sectioned into thirds.

Multiple Choice

Where is bacon from on the pig?

• front third

• Middle third

• Rear third

Multiple Select

What behaviors have pigs learned from their ancestors?

• Curosity

• Eating habits

• Sleeping habits

• Rooting

Open Ended

Why is rate of gain important to hog producers?

Open Ended

Explain the difference between pure bred pigs and cross bred pigs. And why would producers choose to have purebred pigs, and why would producers want to raise cross bred pigs?

Open Ended

Define the term EPD.

Ear Notching

• What is the universal numbering system for the pigs individual #

• What is the universal numbering system for the pigs litter number.

Swine Pedigrees

Swine pedigrees resemble what?

Multiple Select

All of these can be found on a swine pedigree.

• Birthdate

• Breed

• How many times the pig has been bred

• Breeder

• How many shows the pig has been to.

Open Ended

What do you call the mother of the offspring?

Open Ended

What do you call the father of the offspring?

Poll

Do you want swines NBA to be high or low?

• High

• Low

Poll

When looking at swine EPD do you want the BF to be positive or negative?

• Positive

• Negative

Open Ended

When looking at a swines EPD days to 250. Do you want this be a large or small number and why?

Open Ended

21-day LWT is written as whole numbers. So if it says 41, what does this mean?