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Swine Production Website: Outline of Pages

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| Production | Biology | Breeding Herd | Growing Herd | Facilities | General Concepts | Specific Tours |

• Swine Production Homepage
• Outline of Pages
• Glossary of Swine Production Site
• Course 7080 Slide Set
• Self-Quizzes Choice Page
• Self-Quizzes Answer Choice Page

• Intro to Swine Production in the US
• States with increased production
• States with decreased production
• Annual marketings by state

• Swine Biology
• Biological Limits
• Target Levels
• Action Levels
• Breeding Herd
• estrus
• detection
• ovulation
• breeding/conception
• boar power
• semen parameters
• pen- and hand-mating
• artificial insemination
• gestation
• farrowing
• colostrum
• lactation
• recovery

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• Growing Herd
• growth performance
• performance and gender
• pork in the US
• idealized growth rate
• nursing
• nursery
• standard feed budget
• grow/finish
• gender and protein gain
• gender and fat gain
• gender and weight gain
• gender and feed efficiency
• age and protein gain
• age and fat gain
• age and weight gain
• age and feed efficiency
• genetics and protein gain
• genetics and fat gain
• genetics and weight gain
• genetics and feed efficiency

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• Swine Facilities
• General Concepts
• animal flow strategies
• aiao flow animation
• continuous flow animation
• aiao and continous viewed together
• design plans
• effective ambient temperature
• recommended thermal conditions for swine
• mats for nursery pigs
• health concerns
• design limitations
• space requirements
• Specific Facilities
• breeding facilities
• gestation facilities
• farrowing/nursing facilities
• mini quiz answers
• nursery facilities
• grow/finish facilities
• waste management
• feed delivery
• ambient environment

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©1997 by the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Faculty: Dr. Paul Pitcher
Student: Sandra Springer,'99