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| culled breeding big sold for meat |
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| market pig between 140-180 lbs dressed wgt |
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| pig ~220 lbs ready for market |
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| farrowing/feeder pig operation |
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| most intensive breeding system; producer has no finish/grow floor and sells feeder pigs. factory farm |
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| weaned gilt or barrow weighing 40-82 lbs at 6-8 wks & sold to be finished for slaughter. pork chops |
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| breeder sells grower pigs to a finishing operation |
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| a grower pig over 150 lbs live weight |
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| buys feeder pigs and feeds them to 240-250 lbs |
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| finisher pig/finishing operation |
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| young female up to & including 1st litter |
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| pig is being grown out to market wgt |
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| generic term for any swine |
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| feeding strategy in which pigs are fed a specific amt of food in a period of time |
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| group of piglets born to one mother |
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| very young swine from birth to weaning |
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| market pig 66-120 lbs dressed wgt |
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| mgmt procedures performed on neonatal swine |
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| piglets weighing less than 2 lbs at birth |
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| male castrated after maturity |
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| piglet slaughtered for meat |
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| from weaning up to about 40 lbs |
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