Livestock - Pig Breeds and Production Systems 0.0 / 5 ? OtherAnimal ManagementOtherOther Created by: Becky_BerryCreated on: 01-02-21 11:16 Pig Production Cycle The whole cycle lasts around 148 days 5 days from weaning to service 115 days gestation (3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days) 28 days suckling 1 of 12 Pig Production Systems: Intensive: Slatted Pens pigs are inquisitive andthis system gives them nothing to do tail biting due to boredom tails cut off or teeth clipped keep pigs clean reduces salmonella risk easy to maintain cheap and efficient 2 of 12 Pig Production Systems: Intensive: Sow Stalls less space cheaper prevents sows fighting for food sows can be given more or less food according to requirements prevents sow exercising, socialising and foraging sow cannot turn around for weeks or months on end sow cannot urinate or eliminate faeces away from her lying area which is natural behaviour 3 of 12 Pig Production Systems: Intensive: Farrowing Crate prevents mother properly interacting with young prevents nest-building before birth risk of stress and still births caged sows are less content and produce less milk piglets may starve prevent sow rolling on young economical on space piglets produced cheaply 4 of 12 Pig Production: Intensive-enriched: free-farrowing gives sow freedom of movement designed to reduce piglet crushing without confining sow more milk production piglets grow healthier and quicker some systems more expensive requires good management to keep piglets alive pigs still bred indoors without access to natural environment 5 of 12 Pig Production: Intensive-enriched: straw beds comfortable bed fresh straw added frequently means piglets will spend hours foraging some straw-based systems keep tails on pigs without risk of tail biting expensive and requires extra labour to handle system can be more difficult to keep clean pigs can't go outside 6 of 12 Pig Production Systems: Free-range: Free-range free to go outside with greater enrichment cheap to set up since no building only simple huts extra labour required is good for rural employment pigs consume additional feed requires extra labour so adds cost pigs plough up ground so that nutrients run off into the water supply working in all weathers makes stock tasks more challenging 7 of 12 Pig Production Systems: Free-range: Organic piglets stay longer with mother more used to solid foods by the time they are weaned british organic piglets kept free-range free of mutilation such as castration, tail and tooth clipping consume signifcantly more food people have to eat less meat due to reduced productivity sold at a higher price due to land, labour, feed and length of time in the system 8 of 12 Pig Breeds e.g., Danish Landrace, Large White, Duroc Most pigs that are commercially used are hybrids. 9 of 12 Pig Breeds: Large White most popular UK purebred orginating from Yorkshire slightly dished faces pricked ears white large litters good milk production good mothers commonly used in indoor intensive systems 10 of 12 Pig Breeds: Landrace 2nd most popular UK breed long in body white lopped ears docile large litters commonly used in indoor intensive systems 11 of 12 Pig Breeds: Duroc most popular in the USA commonly used colour varies, light gold to dark red lopped ears good mothers prolific good eating, redder meat poor feed conversion indoor and outdoor systems 12 of 12
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