AGR 2350 Study Guide - Final Guide: Leghorn Chicken, Perimeter Fence, Glycogen
6 Apr 2016
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Quality: taste/flavor, health and safety, appearance, emotional. Competitiveness on world markets (as dollar rises, us decreases buying of pork) Trend toward multiple site production and integrated pork production (2500 sow early wean barn, off-site nursery, 2000 heads all in-all out finishing unit) Advantages: minimal transfer of disease, specialization at different levels of production. Disadvantages: high levels of coordination and organization (administrative costs), requires a large volume of pigs (economics of scale), managing early-weaned sow and young, weaned piglets, qualified labor. Solutions: various production chains/alliances have been developed in ontario. Gilt: young female (until slaughter or first farrowing) Approximately 2. 3 litters per year (115 day gestation, 17-28 days of lactation), 5 litters per lifetime, 9-12 pigs born alive per litter. About 1 boar per 20 sows with natural breeding. Grower pig: 25-60kg: fast lean growth (fast body weight gains, good feed efficiency, high carcass lean yield, feed cost (#1 factor), space. Finisher pig: 60+ kg to market at 105-110kg.
