Swine

Questions for Fitting and Showing

Junior 4-H Questions

• What is the sex of your pig?
• What do you call the opposite sex?
• What is the breed of your pig?
• Name another breed of swine?
• What vaccinations has your pig received?
• What wormer has your pig received and how was it administered?
• Name body parts of swine
• Name wholesale cuts of pork.
• What is average daily gain (ADG)?
• What is the ADG of your pig?
• What has your pig been eating?
• How much do you feed it per day? (I try to get them to answer in pounds)
• What percentage protein is in your feed?
• What is a subcutaneous (s.c., SubQ) injection and where do you give it?
• What is an intramuscular (IM) injection and where do you give it?
• What is the meaning of withdrawal time for a drug?
• In the Junior Finals, some Intermediate/Senior 4-H/FFA Questions may be used to break ties

Intermediate/Senior 4-H/FFA Questions

• Any of the Junior 4-H Questions Plus:
• What do you call an intact male pig?
• What are female swine called?
• Name 5 key nutrients.
• What is a normal body temperature for swine?
• What is gestation length in swine?
• What is the estrus cycle length?
• How many boars would you need to breed 100 sows?
• Name three white breeds of swine.
• Name three colored breeds of swine.
• Is it legal to feed animal protein by-products to swine?
• What is B.S.E.?
• What is T.S.E.?
• What is a normal birth weight for a pig?
• What would be an average life expectancy for a cow?
• How many stomachs does a pig have?
• Name two grains.
• Can you safely feed sheep feed to your pig? Why or why not?
• Can you safely feed beef feed to your pig? Why or why not?
• Name one vitamin and one mineral contained in your swine feed.
• What do you like or dislike about this pig?
• If you could improve your pig what part or attribute would you change?
• How did you prepare your pig for the show?
• Define Veterinary-Client-Patient Relationship
• Name one (or more) swine disease and tell me what you know about it?
• What is the significance of hoof and mouth disease?
• What is a prolapse? Symptoms? How to treat? (There is more than one type)
• What is coccidiosis? Symptoms? How to treat?
• What is mastitis? Symptoms? How to treat?
• What is TGE? Symptoms? How to treat?
• What is E. Coli scours? Symptoms? How to treat?
• What is pneumonia? Symptoms? How to treat?
• What is white muscle disease? Symptoms? How to treat?
• What are the USDA Pork Carcass Grades?
• What factor(s) is (are) used to determine USDA Pork Carcass Grade?
• What is the USDA Grade of your pig (or that pig)?
• What is the ideal commercial market weight (or fat thickness or loineye area)?
• What is PSE Pork?
• What is PSS?
• What is the Napole gene?
• What is PayLean?
• What are the five primal cuts of pork?
• What is an EPD?

Other Skillathon type questions:

• Protein requirements of pigs of various ages
• Identify retail cuts
• Roast (Usually at least 2 inches thick) versus steak or slice (usually ¾ to 1 inch thick)
• Ham (leg) cuts, loin cuts, shoulder cuts, belly (bacon), spareribs
• Identify various parasites such as round worms, tape worms, lice, flies
• Identify feedstuffs such as molasses (smell it), soybean meal, corn, wheat, oats, barley, peas, limestone (its ground up rock with no smell), meat and bone meal (smell it).
• Identify swine equipment.