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What does prolificacy mean? |
NBA (number born alive). Or how well a female can carry/birth a big litter. |
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What is a swine tail called? |
Switch |
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What is significant about a boars underline? |
In most breeds the underline of a boar will be inherited by the daughter? |
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What does quality does a good breeding boar have on his underline? |
Three nipples in front of sheath |
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What does PSS stand for? |
Porcine Stress Syndrom |
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What does PSS in a live animal lead to? |
PSE in meat |
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What does PSE stand for? |
Pale Soft Excudative |
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What are the two most common problems seen in pig vulvas? |
Upturned Vulva Infantile Vulva |
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Why is an upturned vulva problematic? |
When the pig urinates it will trickle down over the vagina which can cause sanitation issues and infection. |
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Why is an infantile vulva problematic? |
The vulva is too small and could cause the first piglet to get stuck killing that piglet and all that follow. |
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What is a dewclaw? |
"raised third toe thingy" |
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When selecting breeding swine what qualities should be shown regarding the dewclaw? |
The slope from the bottom feet to dewclaw should be both parallel to shoulder and a 45º angle |
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What is the cannon on a hog? |
The bone from the hock to the dewclaw |
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What is more desirable a cannon that is slightly angled or a cannon that is straight up and down? |
The cannon should be slightly angled on a pig with good structure. |
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When judging structure, do you move from top to bottom or bottom to top? |
Bottom to top |
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What is more desirable, straight legs or lightly angled legs? |
Slightly angled legs are more desirable. |
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What symptoms does a "buck kneed" hog show? |
-Walks on toes -Straight legs (VERY BAD STRUCTURE) -Curved spine |
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What is important to look for in pigs feet? |
Ulcers & Cracks Symmetrical Toes |
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Why are symmetrical toes important in pigs? |
If the toes are bigger on one side, then the weight is distributed unequally. Which mean leads to ulcers and cracks (for pigs raised on concrete). |
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Why are foot problems in virtually impossible to treat on commercial swine? |
Concrete Pigs chew off wrapping and tape |
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What is the stifle? |
Joint that connects the fibia and tibia |
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What do puffy hocks on a hog indicate? |
straight legs (bad spine, weak joints) |
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What kind of muscling is desired when confirming hogs? |
Round muscle (ham and back) |
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If the name of a swine breed ends in "shire" what two things can we infer? |
1. The pig breed originated from England 2. The pig has erect ears |
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What is desirable in a breeding sow, regarding her underline? |
6 functional nipples on each side (minimum). |
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What is the general ratio for feed efficiency (w/o #s)? |
Pounds of Feed : Pounds Gained on Carcass |
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How long do sows lactate for? |
21 days |
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What two main crops do pigs eat? |
Corn, Soy, |
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Define Libido? |
Sexual desire |
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What four major catagories do all the sheep breeds fall into? |
-Meat Breeds -Fine Wool -Medium Wool -Long Wool |
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What are the meat breeds for sheep? |
Suffolk Hampshire |
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What are the fine wool sheep breeds? |
Delaine "Marino" Debouillet |
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What are the medium wool sheep breeds? |
Cheviot Montadale Oxford Shropshire Southdown Polypay |
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What are the long wool sheep breeds? |
Border Leicester Lincoln Romney |
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What are black fibers? |
Black strands in wool |
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Why are black fibers undesirable in wool? |
They are not cost effective to dye |
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What is "Lumpy Jaw"? |
Caseous Lymphadenitis (lymphoid infection in sheep) |
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What does gregarious mean? |
A gregarious animal has "group instincts" |
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What is scrapie? |
Disease in sheep that affects the nervous system. (Like mad cow disease for sheep) |
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What is spider leg syndrome? |
Deformity in lams leg |
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What does "pelty" mean? |
Wrinkly skin |
