1. Pork, the other white meat
Chapter #8

2. What are the types of Hogs?
Primary Lean Cuts = hams, loins, picnics, Boston Butts
Meat Type Hog: more than half the weight of a Number 1 animal is Primary Lean Cuts
Bacon Type Hog: less than 1/2 is PLC
large litter size
little value in U.S. except to increase litter size

3. Hog Selection
Feed Conversion Rate: pounds of feed needed to make a pound of hog
no more than 4 lbs of feed per 1 lb of hog
Minimum Litter Size = 9
First Litter should have a combined pig wt at 21 days of 95 lbs or more
110 lbs for a mature sow

4. Hog Management Programs
All-in-one: all pigs are at the same stage of development
buy feeder pigs, finish, market, repeat
no breeding stock
income all at once
Staggered or Continuous Flow: costantly raise pigs of all ages
farrow all year long
constant supply of income

5. Feeding Hogs Need more protein & vitamins than ruminants
lots of water - succeptable to heat stress
Feeders need lots of protein
Finishing needs lots of energy
Crude Protein = total protein in feed, not all is used by the animal
Digestible Protein = amount of protein that the animal can actually use

6. Feeding Hogs
Antibiotics often added to feed to prevent disease, grow faster
Full Feeding: animals get all the feed that they want (self feeder)
usually not done with breeding stock, if sows are too fat, they won’t get pregnant
Hand Feeding: animals are fed rations at chore time

7. Hog Management Sanitation is critical
facilities should be easy to clean - concrete
inspect new pigs
clean pens whenever pigs are moved
isolate new pigs for 3 weeks
Cholera can wipe out an entire herd
Chester White needs sun protection
sunburn
Pens = maximum of 30 pigs / pen

8. Breeding Flush sows before breeding
increasing level of nutrition
4 days before farrowing, put sows in farrowing crate (disinfect pen & sow)
Heat lamp on babies
Exercise sow daily
3 Days old - clip needle teeth

9. Breeding 10 days old - begin creep feeding (feed for the babies only)
1 month - vaccinate & castrate males
2 monthes (30 lbs) - wean

10. Livestock Terms What do you call a mature male hog? Boar
What do you call a mature female hog?
Sow
What do you call the act of giving birth?
Farrowing
What do you call a castrated male hog?
Barrow

11. Livestock Terms What do you call an young female hog? Gilt
What is the gestation for hogs?
114 days or 3 months, 3 weeks, & 3 days

12. Berkshire

13. Chester White

14. Duroc

15. Hampshire

16. Landrace

17. Poland China

18. Spots