Pig
The pig is the oldest domestic animal.
Main characteristics, different breeds. What pig eat, how long they live, how they get sick. … There are about a hundred breeds of pigs in the world. They are classified in different directions. Pigs got their name for their exceptional fertility. According to researchers, the basis of the name is translated as “birth”, “fruiting”. In the farms of the 80-90s, 22 breeds of pigs were bred.
Most pig species live in forests. Pigs are good swimmers. There is an erroneous opinion that pigs are fond of wallowing in the mud simply out of love for her; in fact, pigs get rid of skin parasites in this way: when dry, the dirt falls off along with the parasites.
Piglets, domestic pig, sow and pig breeding, types and how they look. Pigs are unique animals, some researchers call them a “biological miracle”. They are 4-5 times more productive than all other inhabitants of the farm in terms of meat production. They have high fecundity, but at the same time they require two times less feed than representatives of cattle.
characterized by intensive development of muscle tissue and slow deposition of fat. Piglets of meat breeds grow rapidly and by six to seven months gain up to 100 kg of live weight with proper feeding; after slaughter, up to 58-67% of meat and up to 21-32% of fat remain in carcasses, depending on the breed of pigs. … Pig breeds of the Meat or General type are in the middle between the Meat and Fat types
