Question

accompanies basic animal science 39. A male hog is referred to as a ___________________. 40. A female that has not had a litter is called a ____________________. 41. The average litter size is ________ to ________ piglets. 42. Hogs are taken to a processing facility for slaughter and fabrication when they reach _________ to _________ months of age and weigh ______ to ________ pounds. 43. Poultry includes many bird species, such as chicken, _______________, ducks and ____________________. 44. A hen is a female that lays __________________. 45. Unfertilized ________________ are sold to consumers in grocery

Answer 1

Answer:

39. Boar

40. Gilt

41. 40 to 70 lbs piglet

42. 5 to 7 months of age and weigh 220 to 260 pounds.

43. Chickens, turkey, ducks, and goose.

44. Eggs

45. Unfertilized eggs

Explanation:

Swine are known as even-toed ungulates which belongs to the family Suidae. Swine includes pigs, hogs and boars. Hog is a matured swine with an adult weight above 150 pounds. Boar is an adult male swine. Pig is a young swine that is not sexually mature or a mature swine with an adult weight under 150 pounds. Almost all pigs are used as food.

Poultry are domesticated birds that are kept as meat or eggs. The order of birds are chicken, turkey, ducks and goose.

Chickens are domesticated fowl such as the broilers and hens. Broilers are chicken meat that are processed at the age of 7-12 weeks old. Broilers do not lay eggs. Hens are female chicken that lay eggs.