Swine Terminology

4. Castrated male
5. Mature (Intact) male
7. Mature female
9. To remove a young animal from it's mother's milk
10. White solid or semi-solid fat that comes from a pig
12. Young female
14. Swine Offspring
15. We do this to piglets ears as a form of identification
17. This is a safety measure that helps to prevent disease spread between farms
18. This supplement is given to piglets to encourage blood clotting

1. A group of piglets from one mother
2. The process of a pig giving birth
3. This breed of pig is black with a white "belt"
6. Swine were first domesticated on this continent
8. The time that an animal is pregnant for
10. Containing little or no fat
11. Red breed of pig with droopy ears
13. Doing this to a piglet's tail prevents it from being bitten by its siblings
14. Meat from a pig
16. Top swine producing state (produce 1/3 of the pigs in the US)