Terminologies

Swine

Genus / family of cloven footed animals

Boar

Matured male swine intended for breeding

Sow

Matured female swine intended for breeding

Gilt

Young female swine intended for breeding but has not yet birth

Barrow

Male swine castrated at an early age

Stag

Male swine castrated at an advanced age

Castration

Surgical act of removing the testes

Cryptorchid

Inability of the testes to descend to the scrotum

Monorchid

Single testes descended in the scrotum

Piglet

Young swine of either sex

Hog

Commonly used term in the US. Same as pig

Shoat / shote

Young swine of either sex, between 30-50kg

Parturition

Act of giving birth (for all animals)

Farrowing

Act of giving birth (specially in swine)

Dystocia

Difficulty in giving birth

Litter

Group if piglets that a sow gives birth to at 1 farrowing

Litter Size

Total # of piglets at 1 farrowing

Litter Number

Number of times of giving birth by the sow

Litter

Beddings

Tether

Fastening to a post / tree by a rope

Wallow

Roll about in mud to keep cool

Weaning

Act of separating the young from the dam

Suckling

Piglets that are nursing / suckling milk to their dam (also termed as “nursing” or “lactating”

Dam

Mother

Sire

Father

Parity

Number of times of giving birth

Prolificacy

Ability to produce large nunber of offspring

Fecundity / Fertility

Ability to fertilize an ovum

Cod

Part of the scrotum left after castration

Meconium

First excreta of a newborn animal

Colostrum

First milk

Herd

Group of pig

Drove / Sounder

Group of growers or fatteners

Pork

Meat of pig

Sty

Pen in which swine are fed and housed

animalia

Taxonomical Classification : Kingdom

Eumetazoa

Taxonomical Classification : Sub Kingdom

Chordata

Taxonomical Classification : Phylum

Vertebrata

Taxonomical Classification : Sub Phylum

Gnathostomata

Taxonomical Classification : Super class

Mammalia

Taxonomical Classification : Class

Sudae / Suidae

Taxonomical Classification : Family

Sus

Taxonomical Classification : Genus

Scrofa or Domestica

Taxonomical Classification : Species

Sus scrofa

wild pig

Sus domestica

Domestic Pig

Types

Group of pigs raised for anspecific purpose/reason

Breeds

Group of pigs possess the same characteristics and can transfer these to their offspring

Lard

Raised for production of lard/oils/fats

Bacon

Raised for production of bacon/meat/lean/pork

Suckling

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Weanlings

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