Intro to Pork Unit

What is a boar?

• Immature Female

• Mature Male

• Castrated Male

• Mature Female

What is a Gilt?

• Mature Male

• Castrated Male

• Immature Female

• Mature Female

What do the notches represent on the pigs right ear?

• Individual Number

• Litter Number

When a piglet is separated from its mother

How many days on average is a sows gestation period?

• 150 days

• 90 days

• 115 days

• 360 days

How many points is the notch worth on the corner of the pigs right ear?

• 27

• 9

• 81

• 3

The act of a sow giving birth

A group of piglets born at the same time from the same sow

What do the notches represent on the pigs left ear?

• Litter Number

• Individual Number

A agricultural product of pigs we discussed