AGR 2350 Study Guide - Final Guide: Plymouth Rock Chicken, Leghorn Chicken, Weaning
5 Mar 2015
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Swine: most popular meat on earth, total consumption exceeds all other meats combined. Factors affecting performance: genetics/sex (fast growing, efficient animals, health (always an issue, environment, thermal, social, air quality, nutrition (the biggest issue biggest cost of production, prices (resources and products, regulations. Challenges facing canadian pork industry: contagious diseases, food safety, quality and value, animal welfare, competition, environmental concerns nitrogen runoff, multiple site production weaning barn, off-site nursery, separate finishing unit. Multiple site production: advantages, minimal transfer of disease, specialization at different levels of production, disadvantages, high levels of coordination and organization, requires large volume of pigs, qualified labour, managing early-weaned sow and young, weaned piglets. Reproduction: maximize number of pigs born alive, minimize pre-weaning mortality. Increase longevity: sows, first breeding at 120kg, produces 5-6l of milk a day, approx. 9-12 piglets born alive per litter: boars, 1 boar per 20 sows (natural breeding, high ratio with ai.
