Breeds Of Swine

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Breeds Of Swine
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What are the types of Hogs?

• Primary Lean Cuts hams, loins, picnics, Boston
  Butts
• Meat Type Hog more than half the weight of a
  Number 1 animal is Primary Lean Cuts
• Bacon Type Hog less than 1/2 is PLC
• large litter size
• little value in U.S. except to increase litter
  size

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Pig Breeds
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• Origin-England and largely developed in Kentucky
• Ears-Erect
• Color-Black with a White Belt
• Misc.-The Meat Breed Excellent Carcass

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• Origin-New York/New Jersey
• Ears- Droopy
• Color- Cherry Red
• Misc.-Large Frame, Fast gainers, good mothers,
  Popular breed

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• Origin-England
• Ears-Erect
• Color-Black with 6 White Points
• Misc.-Short Snout, Meat type hog

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• Origin-Ohio
• Ears-Droopy
• Color- Black w/6White points
• Misc.-Long body thick hams

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• Origin-Ohio
• Ears-Droopy
• Color-no less than 20 or more than 80 White
• Misc.-Good mothers, fast gainers

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• Origin-Pennsylvania
• Ears-Droopy
• Color-White with blue freckles
• Misc.-good mothers, large frame

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• Origin-Denmark
• Ears-Droopy
• Color-White
• Misc.-Extremely Long Body

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• Origin-England
• Ears-Erect
• Color- White
• Misc.-The Mother Breed, Largest Litters

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Swine (Pig) Production
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Swine (Pig) Production

• Main Purpose to produce pork for Human
  consumption

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Swine (Pig) ProductionTerms for Understanding

• Castration the removal of testicals from the
  male swine for the purpose of improving feed
  conversion, disposition and meat quality

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Swine (Pig) ProductionTerms for Understanding

• Boar
• Barrow-

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Swine (Pig) ProductionTerms for Understanding

• Sow
• Gilt-

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Swine Reproduction
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Swine Reproduction

• Estrus

• The period of time a sow is receptive to the male
  for breeding purposes
• Comes every 21 days
• Last for 3 days
• Ovulation (egg production) occurs

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Swine Reproduction

• Gestation

• The time between fertilization and giving birth
  (parturition)
• 114 Day or
• 3 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days

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Swine Reproduction

• Farrowing a sow

• The components of controlled delivery
• Put sow in crate 1-5 Days before due date
• Exercise Daily
• Feed 6 lbs daily
• Once babies are born add one pound per pig to
  ration

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Swine Reproduction

• Farrowing Baby Pig Care - first 2 weeks

• Have feed out from day 1
• Give iron shot ¼ cc
• Clip Teeth
• Castrate
• Ear notch

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Swine Reproduction

• Ear Notching

• Universal Swine Identification system
• Tags will come off in the feed pen

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Swine Reproduction

• Ear Notching

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Swine Reproduction

• Ear Notching

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Swine Reproduction

• Ear Notching
• Assignment

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Swine Reproduction

• Ear Notching
• The right (litter) ear is equal to 933116
• The left (pig) ear is equal to 3
• This is the 16-3 pig.

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Pig ear notcher
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