Swine Breeds and Terminology

The term for giving birth is...

• Litter

• Farrowing Crate

• Farrowing

• Farthering

Both of these breeds are solid red in color

• Duroc

• Hampshire

• Yorkshire

• Tamworth

This is the term for an intact male swine

• Barrow

• Boar

• Billy

• Sow

This is the longest bodied breed of swine due to having an extra vertebrae

• Landrace

• Poland China

• Chester White

• Berkshire

This is a solid white breed that is known for being the most recorded breed of swine in North America

• Tamworth

• Yorkshire

• Landrace

• Hampshire

A female swine that has farrowed at least once

• Gilt

• Sow

• Mare

• Barrow

This solid red breed with drooped ears is known for being a popular meat type hog because of its prolificacy, hardiness, and growth rate.

• Berkshire

• Hampshire

• Duroc

• Yorkshire

This breed Developed in Pennsylvania from Cheshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire breeding.

• Chester White

• Yorkshire

• Tamworth

• Crossbred

The term that describes all of the offspring from a single farrowing is a

• Group

• Litter

• Drove

• Herd

The term to describe a young pig is

• Baby

• Colt

• Piglet

• Hog