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ear notching
identification method used in swine in which notches of various patterns are cut in the ear.
hog hurdle
portable partition used to move swine by blocking the area in which the pig should not go.
hog snare
restraint method in which a pigs snout is secured via a loop tie that is attached to a long handle.
checkoff
system where a portion of the sale price of every pig goes to the national pork board to promote and improve the pork industry
finish
degree of fat on an animal that is ready for slaughter
farrow to finish
full service swine operation that houses breeders, newborns,weanlings,and feeder stock.
farrow to wean
swine operation that houses breeding sows and offspring until they reach weaning age or weight.
feeder to finish
swine operation that raises weanling pigs to market weight.
specific pathogen free
national system of accrediting free of specific diseases animals are obtained by cesarean section and raised in isolation to prevent certain infectious diseases
ringing
act of implanting a wire ring through a pigs nose to discourage rooting.
sling
swine restraint device with four leg holes and an additional hole under the neck for blood collection, device looks like a hammock.
cross fostering
moving piglets from one litter to another to balance the litter size
piles
term for prolapsed rectum in swine
wallow
think of shallow water
natural and artificial area to cool off swine.
closed herd
group if animals that restrics new animals from entering
open herd
animals from another groups are allowed to join the already existing group
grower
swine from about 40-100 pounds
finisher
swine over 100 pounds that is ready to be slaughtered
needle teeth
eight temp incisors and canine teeth of young swine
tusk
overgrown canine of boar
bordetella
bacterina causing respritory disease. atrophic (wasting away) rhinitis (stuffy nose) pathogen (causing a disease)
clostridium perfringens type C
bacterina causing enterotoxemia that results in diarrhea and high mortality
e.coli
bacterina causing colibacillosis that causes edema, ataxia, and death
erysipelas
bacteria causing acute septicemia, skin lesions,chronic arthritis, and endocarditis
haemophilus
bacteria causing respritory disease associated with acute onset, pyrexia and reluctance to mvoe
leptospirosis
bacterial disease if swine associated with pyrexia, anorexia, neurologic signs and abortion
mycoplasma
bacteria causing respritory disease seen largely in young pigs with a severe cough
parvovirus
parvovirus infection affecting mainly gilts and associated with abortion
pasteurella
bacteria causing respritory disease that sometimes leads to pericarditis and pleuritis
porcine proliferative enteropathy
bacterial disease that causes iletis
porcine respritory and repordiuctive syndrome
arteriviral disease of swine characterized by reporductive failure in sows and respritory disease in young and growing pigs...abrv...PRRS
pseudorabies
herpesvirus infection associated with pryexia and neurologic signs
rotavirus
rotavirus associated with vilous destruction in the intestine, malabsorption and diarrhea
streptococcus suis
bacterial infection that causes menangitis
swine influenza
orthomyxoviral infection that causes respritory diease
transmissible gastroenteritis
coronaviral disease of swine characterized by billois destruction of jejenum and ileum, malabsporption, diarrhea, and dehydration, abbriviated TGE