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11 Cards in this Set
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Economic traits important Prolificacy Growth Low back fat |
number of pigs per litter and litters per year carcás composition backfat probe and sonogram |
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managing swine operations |
Feeder pig producer has sows produces piglets raises to 40 sells Feeder pig finisher buys 40 raises to 225 farrow to finiesh sows piglets slauter |
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boars should be vacinated for what two types of natural breeding how many sows can be berad per ai ejaculate |
leptosplirosis and erysipelas hand mating once pen mating-as many as she will stand for 10-20 |
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young boar |
once a day hand mating 8-10 guilts in 4 weeks |
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old boar |
twice a day hand mating and 10-12 |
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femals reach cycling at how many moths but should not breed until 225 gestation is |
5 225 3montsh 3 weeks 3 days 114 |
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Overall Infor for pig delivery |
before delivery sow should be treated for internal and external parasites tests and abdomen washed mom moved to farrowing crate birth takes 20 mins to several hours navel should be clipped and iodine needle teeth clipped iron injection castration before 2 weeks surgically tail docking and identification |
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quadrant numbers how many niches per quad right ear stand for what and left for what |
1,3,9,27,81 2 noches per quad right for litter number left for indetification of pig in that litter |
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pigs get supplemental feed/creep feed weaning from two ways to feed weened pigs |
1-2 weeks 1-6 full feed limit feed then full for last 75 days |
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most pigs are on a other ways to feed pigs |
corn soybean diet pasture silagfe for lactating sows must be fresh able to be eaten in 2-3 hogging down crops garbage food scraps make sure cooked or trichinosis and can result in soft pork waist feeds |
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types of grades |
quality 1-4 anything less than 4 unacceptable carcass grade 4 X backfat - muscling score
muscling score is 1-3 3 being thick 1 being thin |
