Category:Pigs

 In Australia, pigs are primarily raised for meat (e.g pork, bacon). There are just under 300,000 pigs in Australia. After 1970, the University of Melbourne set up a pig centre developing specialised nutritionists for the pig industry. As a result no part of the pig is wasted and in addition, practices to restrain and handle pigs are done as ethically as possible.

Work through the following pig modules and then take the quiz at the end: There is several other skills you should be aware of - how many of these do you know?


 * Injecting Piglets (Vaccinations, Iron Injections)
 * Tail docking
 * Clipping of the eye teeth
 * Ear marking