Pig Breeds (SWINE)🐷

• goals/traits (maternal, sire, specialty) • ear configuration (erect or droopy) • body color/identifying pattern

• white in color *droopy ears *most prolific swine breed; extra vertebrae *more confinement *good mothers

*white *erect ears * “mother breed” * referred to as Large White in UK * noted for large liters, lean carcasses, good feed conversion

*reddish brown color * droopy ears * excellent growth rate & efficiency * generally considered a sire breed * average carcass merit, tends to be fatter than hampshire *good marbling

*one of oldest breeds in U.S. * likely origin is UK *black with white belt around shoulders * erect ears * lean & muscular carcasses * most known as a sire breed

• black and white spotted • erect ears • terminal sire breed (crossbreeding) • extreme muscle & leanness *early maturing • susceptible to P. S. S. (Porcine Stress Syndrome)

*genetic condition * carcasses can be P.S.E. (pale, soft, exudative/wet/excess fluid) *triggered by stress *can be fatal

Boar

Sow

Gilt

Pig

Barrow

Drove

Sus

Farrowing