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swpotter12

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on: Jul 21, 2018
What does soundness mean when selecting a boar?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

List three considerations in selecting breeding animals.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


debra928

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Reply #1 on: Jul 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS:testicles
that are well developed and of equal size, the lack of umbilical or scrotal hernias, an
aggressive desire to mate



Answer to Question 2

Should include three of the following: type of breeding program, production practices of seedstock
producer, soundness, health, minimum breeding age, whether to buy or raise replacement gilts



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