Swine Breeds & Vocabulary

Origin: England

Color: White

Size: Large, boars 700-1000 lbs.

Info: "the mothering breed", tied for most popular breed

• Yorkshire

• Duroc

• Landrace

• Hampshire

Origin: Denmark

Color: pink

Info: known for their bacon, long straight backs, long heavy ears

• Poland China

• Landrace

• Yorkshire

• Duroc

Origin: New Jersey

Color: Red

Info: tied as most popular breed, average ears, thick lean carcass

• Hampshire

• Polar China

• Yorkshire

• Duroc

Origin: England

Color: black with white belt

Info: erect ears, youngest breed association, heavily muscled, big meat

• Hampshire

• Polar China

• Yorkshire

• Landrace

Origin: Ohio

Color: Black body with white points

Info: droopy ears, considered best meat breed, growing in numbers in New England

• Duroc

• Hampshire

• Yorkshire

• Poland China

Match the following terms

• Sow

• Castrated male, cannot reproduce

• Barrow

• Mature female

  (with babies)

• Gilt

• Mature, reproductively sound male

• Boar

• Immature female

  (no babies yet)

Match the following terms...

• Farrow

• giving birth, term for partuition

• Piglet

• baby swine

• Porcine

• species term for pigs

What is the gestation period for swine?

• 3 months, 3 weeks & 3 days

  (114 days)

• 2 months, 3 weeks, 5 days

  (86 days)

• 4 months, 2 weeks, 2 days

  (259 days)

• 1 month, 3 weeks, 6 days

  (87 days)

Farrowing Crate: holds mom and prevents her from squishing babies. Keeps babies warm

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Match the following terms

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• Market Hog

• young pig, recently weened (25-55 lbs)

• Feeder Pig

• pig being prepared for slaughter

  (250lbs, 5/6 months old)