Swine

Question 1

What place in animal cash receipts do swine fall?

Answer 1

4th highest ag commodity

Question 2

What place is the US in global swine production?

Answer 2

3rd highest

Question 3

What kind of digestion tract do swine have?

Answer 3

Monogastric system

Question 4

What do swine eat?

Answer 4

Everything - they’re omnivores

Question 5

Are swine mono or polyestrous?

Answer 5

Polyestrous

Question 6

What is special about swine reproduction?

Answer 6

They are litter bearing

Question 7

Is being litter bearing and polyestrous correlated?

Answer 7

NOOOOO

Question 8

Swine birth weight:

Answer 8

1-4lbs

Question 9

Swine mature weight:

Answer 9

450-600lbs

Question 10

At what weight/age are swine harvested?

Answer 10

283lbs at around 6 months old

Question 11

Swine lifespan:

Answer 11

10-20 years

Question 12

Swine gestation length:

Answer 12

114 days (3m3w3d)

Question 13

Swine temperature:

Answer 13

101.6-103.6 degrees F

Question 14

Swine heart rate:

Answer 14

70-120 bpm

Question 15

Swine respiration:

Answer 15

32-58 bpm/rpm

Question 16

What is the closest livestock animal to humans?

Answer 16

Swine

Question 17

Swine behavior/senses:
Eyesight:
Hearing:
Smell:
Intelligence:
Herding instinct:
Defense:

Answer 17

Good
Good
Excellent
High
Moderate to low
Fight or FLIGHT

Question 18

How do swine fight?

Answer 18

By biting (really strong bite force)

Question 19

Piglet

Answer 19

Baby pig

Question 20

Gilt

Answer 20

Immature female who hasn’t had a litter

Question 21

Sow

Answer 21

Mature female who has had a litter

Question 22

Barrow

Answer 22

Castrated male

Question 23

Boar

Answer 23

Intact male

Question 24

Market terms:

Answer 24

Nursery, Grower, Finisher

Question 25

What's it called when a sow has a litter?

Answer 25

Farrowing

Question 26

What do we call the nursery?

Answer 26

Kindergarden for hogs

Question 27

What happens at the grower?

Answer 27

Swine continue to put on weight and grow in mass

Question 28

What happens at the finisher?

Answer 28

Hogs reach market weight

Question 29

What percentage of market pigs in the US are crossbred?

Answer 29

>95%

Question 30

What is the term for the added advantaged gained from crossbreeding?

Answer 30

Hybrid vigor

Question 31

What does shire mean in pig breeds?

Answer 31

It has erect ears

Question 32

Which pig is pink with erect ears?

Answer 32

Yorkshire

Question 33

What pig is pink with big downed ears?

Answer 33

Landrace

Question 34

What pig is white with short/pert downed ears?

Answer 34

Chester white

Question 35

What are the mothering breeds?

Answer 35

The pink pigs - Yorkshire, Landrace, and Chester White

Question 36

What pig is red with downed ears?

Answer 36

Duroc

Question 37

What pig is black with a white band around it's shoulders with erect ears?

Answer 37

Hampshire

Question 38

What pig is spotted with downed ears?

Answer 38

Spotted

Question 39

What pig is black with 6 white points and erect ears?

Answer 39

Berkshire

Question 40

What pig is black with 6 white points and downed ears?

Answer 40

Poland China

Question 41

Where are the six white points on a Berkshire/Poland China?

Answer 41

The feet, nose, and tail