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Title: Market Swine Evaluation


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Market Swine Evaluation
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Objectives
  • You will be able to list the traits involved in
    evaluating market hogs.
  • You will be able to identify the areas of
    importance in terms of muscle, and locate them on
    a hog.
  • You will be able to determine finish on an hog,
    and indicate areas where finish may be observed.

3
Objectives Continued
  • You will be able to determine the importance of
    structural correctness, and be able to diagnose
    problems with structure
  • You will be able to describe the importance of
    balance in swine evaluation.
  • You will also develop a model depicting the ideal
    market hog.

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Swine Evaluation Traits
  • Muscle
  • Leanness
  • Structural Correctness
  • Balance
  • Growth Potential
  • Volume

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Muscle
  • Loin
  • Ham
  • Ideally you want a groove down the top and a
    dimple before the tail head.

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Leanness
  • Over loin edge
  • Jowl
  • Observe shoulder blade movement when walking
  • At the lower third of the ham.

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Structural Correctness
  • Length of body
  • Levelness of top
  • Substance of bone
  • Soundness of feet and legs

8
Balance
  • Design
  • Proportion
  • Completeness
  • Ex. Pietrians are a breed that are not extremely
    well balanced as they may be overly muscled.

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Summary
  • We identified the traits that are important in
    market swine evaluation.
  • We located areas on the market hog in which we
    could observe muscle.
  • We identified areas where finish could be
    observed.
  • We described the importance of balance.
  • Finally, we built the ideal market hog.
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