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Which swine enterprise keeps breeding females, farrows them, and raises their offspring through market weight?
- A. Feeder-to-finish
- B. Farrow-to-wean
- C. Farrow-to-finish correct
- D. Farrow-to-feeder
Why: Farrow-to-finish covers breeding, farrowing, growing, and finishing on the same enterprise. Source: https://extension.psu.edu/swine-production
Which enterprise breeds and farrows sows, then sells pigs as feeder pigs rather than finishing them to market weight?
- A. Feeder-to-finish
- B. Farrow-to-feeder correct
- C. Wean-to-finish
- D. Farrow-to-finish
Why: Farrow-to-feeder ends with sale of feeder pigs instead of taking them through finishing. Source: https://extension.psu.edu/swine-production
Which enterprise purchases feeder pigs and raises them until market weight?
- A. Farrow-to-finish
- B. Farrow-to-nursery
- C. Farrow-to-wean
- D. Feeder-to-finish correct
Why: Feeder-to-finish specializes in the grow-finish phase after feeder pigs are obtained. Source: https://extension.psu.edu/swine-production
Which production arrangement places newly weaned pigs into a facility where they remain until market weight, eliminating a separate nursery-to-finisher transfer?
- A. Farrow-to-nursery
- B. Wean-to-finish correct
- C. Feeder-to-finish
- D. Farrow-to-wean
Why: Wean-to-finish keeps pigs in the same post-weaning site through finishing, reducing one major transfer.
In the Philippine Statistics Authority's March 2026 classification, which farm type held the largest share of the national swine inventory?
- A. Smallhold farms correct
- B. Semi-commercial farms
- C. Government breeder farms
- D. Commercial farms
Why: PSA reported that 78.5% of the 8.70 million swine inventory as of 31 March 2026 came from smallhold farms. Source: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/lp
Why can a multi-site swine system support health management better than continuously mixing all ages at one location?
- A. It allows pigs of every age to share the same equipment continuously
- B. It can separate age groups and reduce direct contact between production stages correct
- C. It removes the need for quarantine of incoming breeding stock
- D. It guarantees that all diseases disappear without sanitation
Why: Separating production stages can reduce contact among age groups and supports age-segregated pig flow.
Why is all-in/all-out pig flow preferred over continuously adding pigs to an occupied room?
- A. It keeps the same room continuously stocked to maximize occupancy
- B. It requires pigs of different ages to be mixed for social stability
- C. It eliminates the need to monitor pig health between batches
- D. It allows a group to leave together so the room can be cleaned and disinfected before the next group correct
Why: All-in/all-out creates a break between groups for cleaning, disinfection, and drying.
What is the main production-management advantage of batch farrowing?
- A. It prevents every sow from returning to estrus after weaning
- B. It removes the need for farrowing supervision
- C. It creates predictable groups of similarly aged pigs for coordinated work and pig flow correct
- D. It makes feed formulation identical for all classes of pigs
Why: Batch farrowing synchronizes work and produces age-matched groups that fit all-in/all-out management.

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Swine Production and Management — Animal Science Reviewer Questions

Sample Swine Production and Management questions with answers and explanations

Which swine enterprise keeps breeding females, farrows them, and raises their offspring through market weight?

Which enterprise breeds and farrows sows, then sells pigs as feeder pigs rather than finishing them to market weight?

Which enterprise purchases feeder pigs and raises them until market weight?

Which production arrangement places newly weaned pigs into a facility where they remain until market weight, eliminating a separate nursery-to-finisher transfer?

In the Philippine Statistics Authority's March 2026 classification, which farm type held the largest share of the national swine inventory?

Why can a multi-site swine system support health management better than continuously mixing all ages at one location?

Why is all-in/all-out pig flow preferred over continuously adding pigs to an occupied room?

What is the main production-management advantage of batch farrowing?

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