Pigs are unique animals due to the fact that there is such a wide variety of pig breeds and body parts. They can be used for several different things including showing, meat, and medicine.
There are so many different breeds of pigs in the world. There are around seventy different breeds of pigs. The most popular breeds are Yorkshire, Duroc, Berkshire, Hampshire, Landrace, Spotted, Chester White, and Poland China. Yorkshire is ¨The most-recorded breed of swine in North America, Yorkshires are white with erect ears. They are found in almost every state, with the highest populations being in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and Ohio. Yorkshires are known for their muscle, with a high proportion of lean meat and low backfat. Soundness and
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For example, to keep them healthy, you must feed them all the correct nutrients and vitamins. You also have to make sure you keep the water clean, along with the facility. The way you can judge a pig is its muscle is very important to the meat animal industry. Heavy muscled animals produce more meat and less fat which is very good for show pigs. You can see indications of muscle over the animal’s top, width of stifle, and in the ham region. Look at the top, side and rear views of the heavy and light muscled pigs below. They are also judged by their performance in the way they walk, you want them to walk with their legs going straight in front you don't want them to sway out. Pigs should also be the right size and weight in order to produce a marketable carcass. Producing animals that are too small or too large can reduce the consistency of pork produced. A show pig should have their shoulder the same size, you want them to be nice and level on the top of there back. The length of the pig's body depends on what the judge likes or what not. The bone in a pig should be big it shows how strong a pig in and that's great in a show pigs. The volume of an animal indicates how well the animal may perform. Which that means how well the pig can hold up its shape. You want a deep bodied animal, that can consume large amounts of feed to allow it to grow and reach market weight quicker. Indicators of volume …show more content…
Pig and humans biological systems are very similar. “They have a number of anatomic and physiologic similarities to humans in different systems,” Dr. Michael Swindle, retired veterinary researcher and author of “Swine in the Laboratory,” said in an interview. “They are what’s known as a translational research model, so if something works in the pig, then it has a high possibility of working in the human”(Why Pigs Are so Valuable for Medical Research). The pig's organ systems are eighty to ninety percent similar to the corresponding systems in humans, which allows us to use pig's organs. No one really knows why the organs and anatomical systems of pigs are so similar to humans. The system that matches up best may be the cardiovascular system, as a pig’s heart is about the same size and shape as a human heart. Pigs develop atherosclerosis artery plaque buildup – in the same way that humans do, and they react similarly to myocardial infarction, the classic heart attack. The similarities don’t stop there. Pig kidneys are comparable in size and function to human kidneys, lending themselves to renal research. And pigs have been one of the standard plastic surgery models for decades, as their skin wounds heal similarly to humans’ skin. Also ¨Diabetics who needed daily insulin injections relied on pork insulin until the 1980s, when manufacturers started making biosynthetic insulin through recombinant DNA technology. The insulin-producing
What’s that Pig Outdoors? is a memoir whose name easily captures the attention of the potential reader. Moreover, the story of the title captures an important theme in the narrative, which is that being deaf can sometimes lead to humorous (and sometimes not so humorous) misunderstandings. Henry Kisor, the author of the memoir has been deaf since age three. Still, he grew up in the hearing world as a lip-reader, and does not separate himself from the hearing culture in the slightest. While his disability can lead to said misunderstandings, it hasn’t stopped Kisor from living his life the way he wants and feels is best for him.
Alastair Norcross in his article “Puppies, Pigs, and People: Eating Meat and Marginal cases “expresses the moral dilemma based on factory farming. Norcross gives an example of a man named Fred. Fred has to torture puppies in order to be able to enjoy chocolate. This is because when puppies are brutally tortured and then brutally killed they release a chemical called cocoamone. This chemical enhances the taste of chocolate, so Fred is killing puppies for gustatory pleasure. Any morally sound person would be appalled at what Frank is doing to these puppies and that is the basis of Norcross’s article. He is arguing that raising animals on factory farms and what Fred is doing are both morally wrong, because in both cases we are brutally killing the
Once the external anatomy was observed the pig was then laid down on the dissection pan and held down by rubber bands exposing the ventral side of the pig. Then the cardiovascular and digestive systems were analyzed. The fetal pig did in fact have small teeth which were fairly sharp. Before the lab I wasn’t aware of the intricate details of the mouth cavity or that the kidneys were underneath the intestines. The hardest part was locating the trachea and the gall bladder. Additionally actually feeling the heart and various parts of the fetal pigs internal anatomy made learning the parts of the body
Swine are omnivores that have a varied diet consisting of invertebrates, fungi, acorns, roots and bulbs found in the soil (Cushman, Tierney, & Hinds, 2004). The majority of the swine’s diet consists of plant forage, with native plants being preferred. They do eat other an...
The pigs were given larger amounts of food, and even lived in better conditions than the
In Female Chauvinist Pigs, Ariel Levy attempts to reconcile her personal views of feminism with its portrayal in popular culture. In order to challenge what she sees as a co-opted version of feminism, Levy raises the question of authenticity of “sex-positive feminism” (Levy, 63) on two levels: by “selling out” in terms of the body and in terms of our patriarchal culture. In order to restore a binary relationship between feminism and non-feminism, Levy recasts this sex positive feminism as a new form of (fe)male chauvinism.
STATEMENT OF USE: “Although many key questions can still only be answered by animal studies, non-animal methods now account for 90% of medical research and include mathematical and computer models, advanced tissue and cell cultures, and scanning technology.” This information will take a great stance in my paper once more research is done about it. Animals do not need to be used to understand biomedical medicine and knowledge. They are not models for anything society taunts them to be. (76
‘United we stand’ would have worked well for the animals in this case. One animal, Benjamin, did not stand up and face his suspicions, which could have resulted in the return of the phrase ‘all animals are equal’, instead of letting it go so far for the pigs to add ‘but some are more equal than others’ to the end.
Before you pick up your show pig, there are several important items that you should make sure that you have for your hog! One of the most important things for any animal, especially show pigs, is properly built shelter, so that they can get out of any harsh weather conditions or sun bathe when the weather is warm. Like any human being or animal, it is important to eat and drink on a daily basis. Although it is up to the showman to determine what source will be used to supply the pig with food and water, there is no doubt that the pig should have a proper feed and water source. You should also make sure that you have a show stick of choice so that you can exercise your hog daily and fitting equipment to ensure that your hog looks spotless come show day!
Animals are great learning tools for medical students. “For basic research, to understand a disease, dogs are an excellent mimic of the human cardiovascular system.” (Dixon 1). As one may see using animals as cruelty, it avoids the death of numerous humans. Animals such as guinea pigs can be tested on as opposed to performing a huge surgery on a human being and he/she does not make it through. The effect of some animals does not always affect people, but it can give you an idea of what dangers you may encounter.
In Labs 22 through 26, my lab partner and I were assigned a fetal pig to perform a dissection on in order to understand anatomy, the study of an organism’s structure1, and physiology, the study of the functions and activities of a living organism2. Throughout these labs, we studied the structure of the fetal pig and performed experiments to understand four system processes: digestion, cardiovascular, respiratory, and excretory. Dissecting an organism, physically moving and seeing the different portions of the organism, especially of a fetal pig, is very important. This helps in the understanding of the skeletal structure and what series of physical and chemical processes the mammalian species body performs in order to survive.
In the book Of Mice and Men, the author,John Steinbeck, uses stereotype characters to convey his message. He wants to empathize with his characters as human beings. He uses stereotype characters such as Lennie, George, Curly, Slim, Candy, Crooks, and Curly's wife. Steinbeck's goal is to inform people how life was like for a migrant worker in the 1920's to 1930's.
leader or leaders must be found to represent the animals. Because the pigs are believed to be the
The pigs developed Old Major’s teaching into a complete system of thought: Animalism. Rules of equality, formality, and hard work was proclaimed and encoded in The Seven Commandments - ';an unalterable law.'; The animals enthusiasm was expressed through a hymn, ';Beasts of England.';
The first way the pigs use language to abuse their power is by using extensive detail and by using terms and vocabulary foreign to most animals. An example of the pigs using unknown terms can be found when Squealer explains to the other animals about how hard the pigs need to work to keep the farm running. “There was, as Squealer was never tired of explaining, endless work in the supervision and organization of the farm. Much of this work was of a kind that the other animals were too ignorant to understand. For example, Squealer told them that the pigs had to expend enormous labours every day upon mysterious things called ‘files,’ ‘reports,’ ‘minutes,’ and ‘memoranda’…” (129). In this scene, the animals, exhausted, hungry, and overworked, are told about how the pigs work just as hard as they do. Although this is completely untrue, seeing that the pigs only occupy themselves in self-centered and self-beneficial engagements, the other animals believe it to be true because they do not know what files, reports, minutes, or memoranda are. Their ignorance leaves them unable to question Squealers story and they mistake the pigs’ true...