Pig Production

Gbogbo ọrọ náà

Two pig farmers set up on the same road outside Ibadan. One keeps sows and a boar, breeds her own piglets and sells some as weaners and some fattened for slaughter. The other buys weaners every few months and does nothing but feed them to market weight. Both are pig farmers, but they are running two completely different enterprises, with different costs, different skills and different risks. Knowing which one you are looking at, and why, is the first skill this topic builds.

In this lesson you will learn how pig enterprises are classified by what they produce, meet the three breeds every Nigerian pig farm is built from and what each contributes, compare the extensive and intensive systems of keeping pigs, follow a pig through breeding, farrowing, creep feeding, weaning and finishing to market weight with a worked growth calculation, and finish with what happens at slaughter. You will come away able to read any pig farm in Nigeria and explain exactly how it is run.

Ebumnobi

  1. Classify pigs according to type
  2. State the common breeds of pigs reared in Nigeria
  3. Distinguish between the systems of pig management
  4. Explain the management practices in pig production
  5. Explain the methods of processing pig products

Akọmọ Ojú-ẹkọ

Pigs convert feed into meat faster than almost any other farm animal, reach market weight within months and produce large litters twice a year, which is exactly why peri-urban pig farms keep multiplying around Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu and Jos. Getting it right rests on five decisions this topic covers: enterprise type, breed or cross, management system, stage-by-stage management practice, and processing.

Ayẹwo Ẹkọ

Ekele diri gi maka imecha ihe karịrị na Pig Production. Ugbu a na ị na-enyochakwa isi echiche na echiche ndị dị mkpa, ọ bụ oge iji nwalee ihe ị ma. Ngwa a na-enye ụdị ajụjụ ọmụmụ dị iche iche emebere iji kwado nghọta gị wee nyere gị aka ịmata otú ị ghọtara ihe ndị a kụziri.

Ị ga-ahụ ngwakọta nke ụdị ajụjụ dị iche iche, gụnyere ajụjụ chọrọ ịhọrọ otu n’ime ọtụtụ azịza, ajụjụ chọrọ mkpirisi azịza, na ajụjụ ede ede. A na-arụpụta ajụjụ ọ bụla nke ọma iji nwalee akụkụ dị iche iche nke ihe ọmụma gị na nkà nke ịtụgharị uche.

Jiri akụkụ a nke nyocha ka ohere iji kụziere ihe ị matara banyere isiokwu ahụ ma chọpụta ebe ọ bụla ị nwere ike ịchọ ọmụmụ ihe ọzọ. Ekwela ka nsogbu ọ bụla ị na-eche ihu mee ka ị daa mba; kama, lee ha anya dị ka ohere maka ịzụlite onwe gị na imeziwanye.

  1. A pig farmer who buys in weaners and rears them only to market weight, keeping no breeding stock, is running a: A. Farrow-to-finish enterprise B. Fattening enterprise C. Breeding enterprise D. Extensive enterprise Answer: B
  2. Which pig breed is most noted for large litter size? A. Duroc B. Landrace C. Large White D. Berkshire Answer: C
  3. The structure used in a farrowing pen mainly to prevent a sow from crushing her piglets is called the: A. Creep rail or farrowing crate B. Weaner ration C. Dressing frame D. Flushing pen Answer: A
  4. The normal gestation period of a sow is closest to: A. 90 days B. 114 days C. 150 days D. 280 days Answer: B
  5. A weaner enters the growing-finishing pen at 25 kg and gains 0.5 kg per day. How many days does it need to reach 85 kg? A. 60 days B. 100 days C. 120 days D. 170 days Answer: C

Àwọn Ìwé Tó Dáa Láti Kà

Introduction to Animal Science: Global, Biological, Social and Industry Perspectives
Introduction to Animal Science: Global, Biological, Social and Industry Perspectives
Ìkọ̀wé-àbáojú: Sixth edition
Onkọwe atẹjade: Pearson
Afọ: 2017
ISBN: 978-0-13-443605-0
Akọkọ ọrọ.: A comprehensive introduction to animal science covering anatomy and physiology, nutrition, genetics, reproduction, animal health and the major farm animal species and their production systems.
Small-scale Poultry Production: Technical Guide
Small-scale Poultry Production: Technical Guide
Onkọwe atẹjade: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Afọ: 2004
ISBN: 978-92-5-105082-8
Akọkọ ọrọ.: An FAO Animal Production and Health Paper written by a Nigerian animal scientist, covering breeds, housing, feeding, incubation, disease control and marketing for small-scale poultry keepers in developing countries.
Tropical Animal Feeding: A Manual for Research Workers
Tropical Animal Feeding: A Manual for Research Workers
Onkọwe atẹjade: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Afọ: 1995
ISBN: 978-92-5-103758-4
Akọkọ ọrọ.: An FAO Animal Production and Health Paper on the principles of ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition and the practical use of tropical feed resources, including crop residues and by-products, in sustainable livestock systems.

Àwọn Ìbéèrè Tó Ti Kọjá

Nna, you dey wonder how past questions for this topic be? Here be some questions about Pig Production from previous years.

WAEC SSCE - Animal Husbandry - 2019

Ajụjụ 1 Ripọtì

TEST OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION

specimens

(a)  State two uses of specimen D(Iodine Tincture) in animal production

(b) Mention four activities which requires the use of specimen E(Hand Gloves) in animal production. 

c)(i) State three precautions which should bee taken by the farmer when using specimen F(Using Razor Blade) for the purpose of catration in pigs.

(d) Name three tools which could be used in place of specimen F for carrying out castration in famr animals.

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