ANSC 160 1st EditionExam # 3 Study Guide1. Know the Terms: Sow, Boar, Gilt , Barrow, Farrowing, Nursery Pig, and Feeder Pig2. In the world wide meat consumption where is pork? (Answer: #1)3. What country receives the most pork from the US? (Answer: Japan)4. What country sends the US the most pork? (Answer: Canada)5. What part of the country has the largest swine population? (Answer: the North Midwest)6. Why is this the area that swine is most concentrated? (Answer: Because of the high concentration of corn and soybean production)7. What is one state that houses a lot of swine, outside of the Midwest? (Answer: North Carolina)8. Why is North Carolina an idea place to raise hogs? (Answer: Milder weather, and at first there weren’t very many environmental restrictions)9. Be able to name the Structure of the swine industry. (HINT: 5 steps)10. Name the three white breeds or maternal breeds (Answer: Yorkshire, Landrace, Chester White)11. Name the five Terminal breeds or color breeds (Answer: Duroc, Hampshire, Poland China, Spotted, Berkshire)12. What is PSS and PSE? (Answer: pork quality problems, PSS- porcine stress syndrome, PSE- pale, soft and exudative)13. What breed are the above pork quality problems associated with? (Answer: Pietrain)14. What is a synthetic swine operation? (Answer: companies that market crossbred lines of hogs for breeding purposes)15. Remember that it is very important in swine production that good productive management, good animal health and good nutritional value are all related and determines the success of the production. 16. What is the estrus cycle for a hog? (Answer: 21 days)17. How long is the gestation period? (Answer: 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days)18. Signs of heat: swollen Vulva, standing heat and ears stiffen up19. What are a couple things that affect when a sow goes into heat? (Answer: weaning age and travel and stress level)20. What are the different methods of breeding? (Answer: pen-mating, hand mating,artificial insemination)21. What animal is the hog’s digestive system similar to? (Answer: Human)22. Remember it is healthier to limit a pig’s food intake than to make them fatter, it isalso smarter financially. 23. Swine managers must take Bio Security very seriously, what are the 4 major bio security measures? (Answer: All in/ all out, off-site facilities, shower in/ shower out, strict control of who enters swine facilities)24. What are two things swine marketing is based on? (Answer: Lean quality and fat quality)25. Know the anatomy of the pig, and the digestive