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Barrow:a male hog castrated at an early age.
BF: back fat, measurement of fat over the 10th rib.
Boar: a male hog of any age
Bredsow/gilt: a female hog that is pregnant
Carcass: dressed body of a meat animal, with the insides removed.
Castrate: to remove the testicles from a male hog.
Colostrum: thick yellow milk produced by a sow or gilt after farrowing.
Concentrate:feedstuff that is high in energy and low in fiber.
Condition: degree of fatness in meat animals.
Conformation: refers to shape and design of body.
Creepfeed: starter pellet fed to pigs from weaning to 40 pounds.
Crossbred: mating of purebred hog but of different breeds.
Cull: animal taken out of the herd because below standards.
Dam: mother
Deworm: to give medication for killing internal worms (parasites).
Dry sow: sow not in milk.
EPD: expected progeny differences.
Estrus: period of heat, able to conceive.
Farrow: to give birth.
Feederpig: a young hog usually weighing 40 - 150 pounds.
Finisherfeed: feed fed to 175 - Market weight pigs.
Gestation: period during pregnancy, 114 days.
Gilt: a young female hog which has not farrowed.
Growerfeed: feed fed to 80 - 175 pound pigs.
Lactation: period of producing milk.
LEA: loin eye area, measurement of the amount of muscle in the loin.
Markethog: a hog for slaughter weighing 151 - 280 pounds.
Maternal: refersto productive aspects of swine ( female, litter size, milking ability).
MLI: maternal line index.
Mono-gastric: an animal with a single stomach ( swine ).
Needle teeth: sharp needle-like teeth found in baby pigs.
Notching: notching the ears for identification.
Pedigree: written statement giving record of an animal's ancestry.
Ration: total feed given during a 24 hour period.
Registered: purebred animal whose pedigree is recorded with the breed registry.
Replacementgilt: a gilt retained for breeding
Roughage:feedstuff that is high in fiber and low in energy.
Runts: small, undersized or weak pigs in a litter.
Scours: diarrhea or loose running manure.
Shrinkage:weight lost during hauling or other handling processes.
Sire: father.
Sow: amature female hog which has farrowed pigs.
SPI: sow productivity index
Stag: a male hog castrated at an older age.
Starterfeed: feed fed to 40 - 80 pound pigs.
Terminal: refers to market aspects of swine ( male, muscle, leanness, growth)
TSI: terminal line index.
Wean: to remove the young from its mother
Weanerpig: a newly weaned pig.
Yield: percentage of carcass weight versus live weight. |
