Conventional buildings –
totally enclosed housing facility where the
environment (temperature, humidity and lighting) and manure
disposal is typically automated; automated heating, cooling
and ventilation equipment is used to ensure the pig’s health
and access to feed and water
Cross-fostering – the
practice of placing piglets
from mothers with too many piglets to feed
adequately to mothers with extra udder space; done
preferably within the first hours after birth after piglets
have consumed colostrum
Crude protein – chemically analyzed protein
content in a given feed
Cut-out – quantity of saleable
meat obtained from a wholesale cut
Demand – the quantities
of a good consumers are willing and able to purchase at
alternative prices
Demand consists of many quantity-price
combinations which can be represented by the line
D in the diagram. Demand lines are almost always
negatively sloped since consumers will normally buy
more of a product if the price is lower. The position
and shape of the Demand line is determined by
consumers' disposable incomes and tastes and
preferences as well as the prices of other goods. |
Disappearance, other –
the amount of production that cannot be accounted for by
uses whose quantity is known.
For pork, other disappearance is determined by:
Beginning inventory (a known quantity, USDA Cold Storage
Report)
+ Production (a known quantity, USDA Livestock Slaughter)
+ Imports (a known quantity, U.S. Department of Commerce and
USDA FAS)
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= Total supply
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- Exports (a known quantity, U.S. Department of Commerce and
USDA FAS)
- Ending inventory (a known quantity, USDA Cold Storage
Report)
= Other Disappearance
Effluent – the liquid
layer of manure after solids have settled out, such as in a
lagoon
Estrus – period during
which a gilt or sow is receptive to mating and during which
ovulation occurs
Estrous female – a gilt
or sow in estrus
Euthansia – the humane
death of an animal occurring without pain or distress
Farrow – to give birth
to piglets
Farrowing – the process
of birthing |
