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13 Cards in this Set
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maternal swine breeds
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Yorkshire
Landrace Chester White |
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sire swine breeds
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Duroc
Hampshire Poland China Spotted |
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swine maternal traits
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number born
number weaned 21-day litter weight |
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swine sire traits
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age at market weight (days to 250 lbs)
ADG Feed efficiency carcass - loin eye area and backfat |
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order of breed popularity
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Yorkshire
Duroc Hampshire Landrace Berkshire Chester White Poland China Spotted |
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Yorkshire
(color, ears, origin, strengths and weaknesses) |
white
erect England STRENGTHS: maternal - large litters, good milking and mothers long-bodied (=more bacon) growth rates libido of boars soundness WEAKNESSES: carcass characteristics (variation in muscling) less hardy |
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Duroc
(color, ears, origin, strengths, weaknesses) |
solid golden to deep red
dropped strengths: sire - good ADG and FE weak: bad mothers (small litters) unsoundness lack of libido |
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Hampshire
(color, ears, origin, strengths and weaknesses) |
black with white belt
erect southern england strengths: sire - carcass - meaty, muscular soundness weak: no libido small litters growth rate (some) carry gene for poor meat quality |
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Landrace
(color, ears, origin, strengths and weaknesses) |
white
LARGE, LONG, dropped Denmark strengths: maternal - good moms, ++ milk longbodied soundness libido of boars weak: carcass - lack in meat and muscling, small LEA, not lean fragile stress susceptable |
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Berkshire
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black with six white points - feet, nose, tail
erect england strengths: (sire) soundness, confinement adaptability meat quality weak: shortbodied bad mother characteristics poor growth rate and FE SPECIAL: oldest lineage |
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Chester White
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white
drooped US strong: - maternal breed large litters, milk, good mom aggressive boars muscular carcass weak: shortbodied slow growing |
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Poland China
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Black with white markings on face, legs, tail
drooped US - oldest breed in US strong: SIRE carcass characteristics - large LEA weak: slow ADG & FE shortbodied bad mom characteristics |
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Spotted
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black and white spoted with either black or white dominating
drooped US strong: SIRE good ADG and FE scale, size, substance of bone long bodied hardy libido of boars weak: mom characteristics carcass characteristics |
