Youth Fact Sheets
| Biosecurity:
A Champion’s Guide to Youth Swine Exhibition: Biosecurity and your Pig Project |
| Dehydration:
A fact sheet stressing the importance of available water to swine and discussing the signs of dehydration |
| Food Safety:
All producers are responsible for supplying a safe and wholesome product. This fact sheet discusses four main areas on a farm where producers can help to assure food safety in the products they sell |
| Meat Quality:
A guide for youth to better understand factors that can affect pork quality |
| Comparing The Commercial Swine Industry & The “Show Pig” Industry:
Discussing the importance for commercial swine production and the “show pig” industry to share the same goals of producing a high quality, wholesome product for consumers at an economical price |
| Ethics in youth Livestock Programs:
A guide for the youth in the livestock industry addressing aspects of caring, respect, trustworthiness, fairness, responsibility, and citizenship |
| The Porcine Stress Gene:
What the Show Pig Industry Needs to Know |
| Handling and Management to Prevent Stress in Show Pigs |
| Clipping Show Pigs |
| Questions and Responses Regarding Body Clipping and Shaving Pigs |
| Estrus Detection
Help youth understand that estrus detection is the most important part of a successful artificial insemination program. |
| Artificial Insemination
Learn the steps to having a successful artificial insemination program at home. |
| Semen Management
Understanding the delivery, timing, and storage needs to semen will enable youth to be successful in artificial insemination. |
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