Successful Pig Farming Guide

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• Pigs are very intelligent and learn quickly. They pick up tricks faster than dogs. The Master Spy The Story Of Kim Philby Pdf. Pigs rank number 4 in animal intelligence behind chimpanzees, dolphins and elephants. Piglets learn their names by two to three weeks of age and respond when called. • Pigs are not anti-social infact they are very social animals.

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They form close bondswith each other and other species. Pigs enjoy close contact and will lie close together when resting. Pigs use their grunts to communicate with each other. • Pigs are highly prolific. A sow can give birth to alitter containing 7 to 18 piglets, about 2 – 3 times a year. The gestation period of a sow is 114 - 115 days (3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days).

• A piglet (baby pig), weighs about 1.5 kilograms at birth and will double its weight in just 7 days. Signature Maker For Names more. • Weaning occurs at two months of age or less.

Best Pocket Pistol With Manual Safety. • Pigs are very clean animals. They keep their toilets far from their living or eating area. Even piglets only a few hours old will leave the nest torelieve themselves. • Domestic pigs are rarely aggressive. The only exceptions are sows with a young litter and boars if provoked. • Pigs are much more tolerant of cold than heat.

Pigs have no sweat glands, so they can't sweat. They roll around in the mud to cool their skin. Thelayer of dried mud protects their skin from the sun. If available, pigs, who are great swimmers, prefer water to mud. • Some pigs have straight while some have curly tails. • Pigs have a great sense of smell. Their powerful but sensitive snout is a highly developed sense organ.

• Pigs also have a great field of vision, because their eyes are on the sides of their heads. • Pigs have four toes on each hoof, but only walk on two toes per foot. • A mature pig has 44 teeth. • A pig can run a 7 minute mile. • Nearly half the world’s pig production is in Asia with a further 30% in Europe and in the USSR. Pigs can be reared almost anywhere given suitable housing and management. Domesticated pigs are commonlyraised as livestock by farmers for meat (generally called pork, hams, gammonor bacon), as well as for leather.

Their bristly hairsare also used for brushes. Some breeds of pig, such as the Asian pot-bellied • pig, are kept as pets. • Pigs have some major potential advantages which make them suitable for use in providing quick and • cheap supply of animal protein.