Intro to Swine and Breeds

Match the following

• berkshire

• 
• duroc

• 
• chester white

• 
• hampshire

• 
• landrace

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Match the following

• poland china

• 
• pietrain

• 
• potbelly

• 
• Mangalitsa-Wooly Pig

• 
• yorkshire

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Match the following

• castrated male

• sow

• male; can breed

• barrow

• female; did not give birth to piglets

• farrow

• female; gave birth to piglets

• boar

• giving birth

• gilt

Match the following

• meat the is not good for cooking

• PSE

• 8 of them, need clipped

• feeder pigs

• the word meaning pigs

• needle teeth

• pigs ready to be slaughtered

• porcine

Match the following NUMBERS relating to PIGS

• amount of feed in lbs to a lb of gain

• 6-7

• lbs a hog weighs when slaughtered

• 250

• gestation length in months, weeks, days

• 3.3

• months from piglet to slaughter

• 1.8

• litters of piglets per year average

• 3

Match the following WHITE HOGS

• Yorkshire

• 
• Landrace

• 
• Chester White

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which hog came from a county in PA?

• Yorshire

• Chester White

• Landrace

• Duroc