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pig

domesticated animal
Also known as: swine

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  • major treatment
    • Guernsey cow
      In livestock farming: Pigs

      Pigs are relatively easy to raise indoors or outdoors, and they can be slaughtered with a minimum of equipment because of their moderate size (see meat processing: Hogs). Pigs are monogastric, so, unlike ruminants, they are unable to utilize large quantities of forage and…

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  • distribution in Europe
    • Europe
      In Europe: Domesticated animals

      …place in southern Europe, while pigs are relatively numerous in the north, especially in the highly populated areas of Germany, Denmark, and the Low Countries.

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  • influenza A H1N1
    • influenza A H1N1 virus
      In influenza A H1N1

      …facilitated by animals such as pigs and birds, which serve as reservoirs of various subtypes and strains of influenza A viruses. When a pig is simultaneously infected with different influenza A viruses, such as human, swine, and avian strains, genetic reassortment can occur. Reassortment represents another process by which new…

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  • swine flu
    • Between 25 and 30 percent of pigs worldwide carry antibodies to swine influenza viruses, which indicates that these animals have been exposed to swine flu.
      In swine flu

      …flu, a respiratory disease of pigs that is caused by an influenza virus. The first flu virus isolated from pigs was influenza A H1N1 in 1930. This virus is a subtype of influenza that is named for the composition of the proteins hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N) that form its…

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  • Trichinella spiralis
    • Trichinella spiralis
      In Trichinella spiralis

      …humans and other mammals, including pigs, cats, dogs, bears, foxes, and rats. The worm occurs worldwide. It ranges in length from 1.5 to 4 mm (0.06 to 0.2 inch), males being smaller than females.

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farming and agriculture

    breeding

      • selective crossbreeding
        • agricultural sciences
          In agricultural sciences: Animal sciences

          …meat, and so the meat-type hog was developed in two decades of intensive selection and crossbreeding starting in the 1950s. Swine now yield more lean pork, grow faster, and require less feed to reach market weight than before. By the 1980s, a laying hen of any popular genetic strain, if…

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        • farm in Saskatchewan
          In origins of agriculture: Hogs

          ) Advances in animal breeding have been made by careful selection and crossbreeding. These techniques are not new. The major breeds of English cattle, for example, were developed in the 18th and early 19th centuries by selection and crossbreeding. The Poland China and Duroc Jersey…

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      • feed requirements
        • cattle feedlot
          In feed: Minerals

          …caused heavy losses of newborn pigs, lambs, kids, calves, and foals. Iodine deficiencies can be prevented by supplying iodized salt to the mother before the young are born. Almost all commercial sources of salt for animals contain iodine as a routine additive.

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      • history
        • farm in Saskatchewan
          In origins of agriculture: Livestock

          …was desirable for them to pig in July or August. The best proportion of boars to sows was 10 to 100. Herds of 100 to 150 ranged the woods. The bacon produced in Gaul had a reputation for quality; swine also flourished in northern Italy and eastern Spain.

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      • housing
        • grain elevator; silo
          In farm building: Large stock farms

          Large units for hog production frequently have many buildings, partly to reduce disease risks and partly to separate the various animals—for example, the suckling sows, in-pig sows, fattening pigs, and boars. Some systems, however, use only one or two types of buildings. Large poultry units, specialized either for…

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        • grain elevator; silo
          In farm building: Livestock barns and shelters

          Pig housing varies for sows and fattening pigs. The sow lives with its litter for four to eight weeks according to the weaning age chosen. During this period there are two types of housing: movable, individual houses (generally of wood) located on or close to…

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      • livestock
        • livestock
          In livestock

          Pigs, or domestic swine (family Suidae), have been raised for their meat (pork) since ancient times. There are more than 300 breeds worldwide. In the United States the term hog is used for swine weighing more than 54 kg (120 pounds), and the animals, regardless…

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      • meat
        • pork
          In meat

          The pig is the world’s second largest provider of meat. When taken to slaughter, pigs generally weigh between 90 and 135 kg (200 and 300 pounds) and provide about 70 to 74 percent of that weight in meat.

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      • slaughtering
        • meat cutting
          In meat processing: Hogs

          Hogs are usually stunned by electrical means or CO2 gas. Mechanical stunning is not generally used in hogs because it may cause serious quality problems in the meat, including blood splashing (small, visible hemorrhages in the muscle tissue) in the lean and PSE meat.

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