Swine Quizz

Origin: England

Color: White

Size: Large, boars 700-1000 lbs.

Info: "the mothering breed", tied for most popular breed

• yorkshire

• landrace

• duroc

• hampshire

Origin: Denmark

Color: pink

Info: known for their bacon, long straight backs, long heavy ears

• poland china

• landrace

• duroc

• yorkshire

Origin: New Jersey

Color: Red

Info: tied as most popular breed, average ears, thick lean carcass

• yorkshire

• hampshire

• duroc

• poland china

Origin: England

Color: black with white belt

Info: erect ears, youngest breed association, heavily muscled, big meat

• hampshire

• yorkshire

• duroc

• landrace

Origin: Ohio

Color: Black body with white points

Info: droopy ears, considered best meat breed, growing in numbers in New England

• duroc

• yorkshire

• landrace

• poland china

What is the gestation period for swine?

• 3 months, 3 weeks & 3 days

  (114 days)

• 2 months, 3 weeks, 5 days

  (86 days)

• 4 months, 2 weeks, 2 days

  (259 days)

• 1 month, 3 weeks, 6 days

  (87 days)

The term for giving birth is...

• litter

• farrowing

• fathering

• birthing

This is the term for an intact male swine

• sow

• gilt

• boar

• barrow

This is the term for an immature female

• sow

• gilt

• boar

• barrow

This is the term for an castrated male

• sow

• gilt

• boar

• barrow