Lesson 1: Swine Production

• Top 5 Regions Hog Production (CNWCC)

  1. Central Visayas
  2. Northern Mindanao
  3. Western Visayas
  4. CALABARZON
  5. Central Luzon
• Swine Inventory

  1. CALABARZON
  2. Central Visayas
  3. Western Visayas
  4. Northern Mindanao
  5. Davao Region
• BLPS


  Backyard Livestock and Poultry Survey
• CLPS


  Commercial Livestock and Poultry Survey
• Farrow to feeder operation.


  starts with a pregnant gilt/sow to produce pigs/weanlings, which are sold to other raisers who grow them until the marketable weight is achieved.
• Farrow to finish operation.


  starts with a pregnant gilt/sowto produce the feeder pigs/weanlings, which he grows until slaughterweight is achieved.
• Farrow to breeder operation.


  starts with a pregnant gilt/sowto produce the feeders’ stock, specifically junior and replacement gilts.
• 1. Sow Herd Enterprise
  2. Growing - Finishing Enterprise
  3. Boar-for-Hire Enterprise
• Slaughter weight


  80-95 kgs.
• Kingdom 


  Animalia
• Phylum 


  Chordata
• Class 


  Mammalia
• Order


  Artiodactyla
• Family 


  Suidae
• Genus


  Sus
• Species 


  Scrofa (wild hog of Europe)

  vittatus (wild hog of East India)
• Sub-species 


  Domesticus
• Landrace


  white colored

  neck, body long and narrow

  longest breed of swine (16-17 ribs)

  crossbreeding to produce slaughtered pigs

  prolificay and mothering ability under philippine condition

  superior in feed efficiency and daily gain lacks hardiness and has weak feet, pastern and leg
• Large white/Yorkshire


  Mother Breed

  medium, erect ears

  to produce crossbred sows

  fast growing, excellent milkers with superior mothering ability

  carcass suited for bacon

  adapt well in confinement

  not rugged condition

  short with big belly and excess backfat
• Hampshire


  black w/ white belted belly (1-25cm)

  smaller in size
• Berkshire 


  black meat type with white 6 white points (face, feet and switch of tail

  inclined forward

  carcass quality is excellent

  not highly prolific
• Duroc 


  red pig (red to yellow)

  2/3 erect

  1/3 hanging

  red power because of aggressiveness

  boar line

  long legged difficult for close confinement
• Pietrain 


  very meaty type

  muscle pig

  well-shaped ham, loin and shoulders

  erect ears

  high lean meat percentage

  slow grower, susceptible to stress, hind legs
• Landrace and Largewhite are both white
• Landrace is the only one that is hanging
• Berkshire is the only one that is lard
• Berkshire has 6 white points
• Hampshire is black with white band
• Duroc is red (golden)
• Pietrain is black and white
• Duroc is 2/3 erect and 1/3 hanging
• Landrace


  Denmark
• Largewhite and Berkshire 


  England
• Hampshire and Duroc Jersey 


  USA
• Pietrain 


  Belgium
• Females 


  30-40 kgs
• Males 


  40-50 kgs.
• Average height


  55 cm
• Body Length 


  80 cm
• Kaman 


  Red Kaman form Batangas

  Native pig and Duroc Jersey