Swine 1

Question 1

classification class- animals with mamammary gland

Answer 1

mammalia

Question 2

sub-class classification - animals with placenta

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eutheria

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order- animals with hoof

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ungulata

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sub-order- animals with even toed

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Artiodactyla

Question 5

family-suidae
genus- sus
specie- domesticus
scientific name- Sus domesticus

Answer 5

swine

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omnivorous animal belonging to the family suidae

Answer 6

swine

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swine used by Netherlands and other European countries

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pig

Question 8

swine used by Americans

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hog

Question 9

mature male pig for breeding purposes

Answer 9

boar

Question 10

mature female for breeding purposes

Answer 10

sow

Question 11

young female usually 6-8 months of age for breeding purposes and has not given birth

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gilt

Question 12

male pig castrated while young or before development of secondary sexual characteristics

Answer 12

barrow

Question 13

pigs about 5-6 months and ready for market disposal

Answer 13

fatteners/ finishers

Question 14

pigs about 2.5 months- 4.5 months

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grower pig

Question 15

newly separated from their dam and about 21 days- 50 days of age

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weanlings/ weaners

Question 16

mother
father

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dam
sire

Question 17

young pigs still with their mother and are dependent on milk

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piglets/ sucklings

Question 18

group of animals with distinct common traits; produced offsprings maintain these same traits

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breed

Question 19

progeny of purebred parents of the same breed

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purebred

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animals produced by combination of good traits

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hybrids (synthetic breeds)

Question 21

crossbred animals that perform better than the average of their parents

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hybrid vigor/ heterosis

Question 22

time when the animal is sexually receptive

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estrus period/ heat period

Question 23

period from one estrus to the next. usually 18-21 days

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estrus cycle

Question 24

part of animal life which links sexual immaturity to maturity. usually about 5-6 months of age

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puberty

Question 25

feed allowance of an animal per day

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ration

Question 26

castrated mature male pig/ castrated boar

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stag

Question 27

piglet of small size, malnourished, stunted growth

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runt

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act of separating piglets from their mother

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weaning

Question 29

all unwanted animals removed from herd

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culls

Question 30

first secreted milk

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colostrum

Question 31

period between weaning and the next service

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dry period

Question 32

after weaning, a sow is expected to come into heat within how many days

Answer 32

3-7 days

Question 33

pregnancy period of sow in days

Answer 33

114 days

Question 34

duration of estrus cycle

Answer 34

3 weeks or 21 days

Question 35

if sow fails to conceive after service, she is expected to repeat, or come into heat how many weeks after the unsuccessful service

Answer 35

3 weeks

Question 36

this lasts as long as the farmer allows it but the normal is between how many days

Answer 36

28-42 days

Question 37

how many days is the rearing period of weaners

Answer 37

30-40 days

Question 38

growing and finishing of fatteners takes how many months

Answer 38

3-5 months

Question 39

replacement breeders are reared to an age of about how many months and how long does it take

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about 8 months and the rearing period takes 5-6 months

Question 40

1. dry period 2 pregnancy period 3. lactation period 4. rearing period of weaners 5. growing and finishing of fatteners 6. rearing period of replacement stocks

Answer 40

1. 3-7 days 2. 114 days 3. 28-42 days 4. 30-40 days 5. 90-150 days 6. 150-180 days

Question 41

from one farrowing to the next, a sow needs how many days and it is known as the farrowing interval

Answer 41

145-163 days