CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
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3 Swine Production System
- Sow Herd Enterprise
- Growing-Finishing Enterprise
- Boar for Hire Enterprise
3 types of Operation in Sow Herd Enterprise
- Farrow to Feeder Operation
- Farrow to Finish Operation
- Farrow to Breeder Operation
The producer starts with a pregnant gilt sow to produce pigs/weanlings, which are sold to other raisers who grow them until the marketable weight is achieved.
Farrow to feeder operation
The producer starts with a pregnant gilt/sow to produce the feeder pigs/weanlings, which he grows until slaughter weight is achieved.
Farrow to finish operation
The producer starts with a pregnant gilt/sow to produce the breeder stocks, especially junior boars and replacement gilts.
Farrow to breeder operation
The swine raiser starts with feeder/weanlings and carries them to slaughter weight of about 80 to 95 Kg.
GROWING-FINISHING ENTERPRISE
This operation starts with a young boar, which the producer grows and trains to breeder age.
BOAR FOR HIRE ENTERPRISE
is the meat of choice worldwide and offers opportunities for both U.S. pork producers and foreign pork producers to expand international sales.
Pork
Is a wild hog of continental Europe from which most domesticated swine have been derived
Sus scrofa
Was the chief, if not the only species of the East Indian pig that contributed to domesticated swine
Sus vittatus
•World pork consumption has increased by __% from ____ to ____,
with total global pork consumption for _____ at over __ million metric tons (MT).
World pork consumption has increased by 27% from 1997 to 2005, with total global pork consumption for 2005 at over 93 million metric tons (MT).
is the meat of choice worldwide and offers opportunities for both U.S. pork producers and foreign pork producers to expand international sales.
Pork
•The value of U.S. pork exports in 2005 was $____ billion or $____ per U.S. hog slaughtered
•The value of U.S. pork exports in 2005 was $2.28 billion or $22.01 per U.S. hog slaughtered (Plain, 2006).
•In 2002, per capita pork consumption was estimated at _____ kg, representing _____% of the total animal meat consumed by Filipinos.
•In 2002, per capita pork consumption was estimated at 16.88 kg, representing 57.07% of the total animal meat consumed by Filipinos.
•The dramatic improvement achieved by the local swine industry in terms of productivity, production efficiency, and product quality is undoubtedly a result of the adoption of ______ ______ and _______ by both small and large commercial raisers.
•The dramatic improvement achieved by the local swine industry in terms of productivity, production efficiency, and product quality is undoubtedly a result of the adoption of improved genetics and technologies by both small and large commercial raisers.
These technologies, which are outputs of sustained research and development (R&D) activities by both government and the private sector of various swine-producing countries.
Breeding
Reproduction
Nutrition
Animal Health
Production Management
Processing
Marketing
•The top five regions in the Philippines accounted for ____ percent of the country’s total hog production during the period.
58.6%
As of _______ __ _____,the country’s total swine inventory was estimated at ____ million heads.
As of September 30, 2023,the country’s total swine inventory was estimated at 9.86 million heads.
About ___ percent of the country’s swine population came from smallholdfarms, while the remaining ___ percent and ___ percent were from commercial and semi-commercial farms, respectively.
About67.5percentof the country’s swine population came from smallholdfarms, while the remaining29.2percentand3.3 percentwere from commercial and semi-commercial farms, respectively.
•CALABARZON recorded the highest swine population of ____ million heads as of September 30, 2023. This was followed by Central Luzon and Northern Mindanao with corresponding inventories of ____ million heads and ____ million heads. These three regions accounted for ____ percents share to the country’s total swine population during the period.
CALABARZON recorded the highest swine population of 1.35 million heads as of September 30, 2023. This was followed by Central Luzon and Northern Mindanao with corresponding inventories of 1.06 million heads and 1.03 million heads. These three regions accounted for 34.9 percents share to the country’s total swine population during the period.
•A disease that has caused sienifirant eronomic losses. includine the culling of over 300,000 pigs in 2019 and has been reported in over 74 provinces in the Philiooines since 2019
African Swine Fever (ASF)
Economic difficulties faced by Philippine swine raisers
Cost of input
Housing Land Development
Poor marketing system
Lack of Capital
