Animal Science FInal Exam Review

The term for a pig giving birth is...

• Litter

• Farrowing Crate

• Farrowing

• Farthering

This is the term for an intact male swine

• Barrow

• Boar

• Billy

• Sow

A female swine that has farrowed at least once

• Gilt

• Sow

• Mare

• Barrow

The term that describes all of the offspring from a single farrowing is a

• Group

• Litter

• Drove

• Herd

The term to describe a young pig is

• Baby

• Colt

• Piglet

• Hog

Castrated male swine

• Boar

• Barrow

• Gilt

• Sow

adult female swine

• Boar

• Barrow

• Gilt

• Sow

Young female swine that has not given birth

• Boar

• Barrow

• Gilt

• Sow

Swine are monogastric, which means that they have ____________ chamber(s) in their stomach.

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

The removal of the testes to reduce aggression, to enhance the quality of the meat, and to allow for mixed groupings is called:

• Dehorning

• Castration

• Vaccination

• Docking