Can sows eat?

Female pork is edible, but it is very old and few people will eat it. The main reasons for not eating female pork are the long growth cycle of sows, the accumulation of toxins in sows, the thick skin of old sow meat, and the difficulty in absorbing nutrients.

According to the market demand, combined with the level and conditions of feeding management, select the appropriate sow varieties. If fattening pigs are to be shipped to large and medium-sized cities for sale, or cooperate with large slaughter and processing enterprises, and the slaughter rate and carcass lean meat rate are required to be high, it is necessary to choose imported hybrid sows with high lean meat rate, such as Landrace or Landrace, and to raise and cultivate sows.

If the requirement for lean meat rate is not high, you can choose local and imported hybrid sows. Farmers who lack pig-raising technology and experience should choose breeding pig breeds with good adaptability, strong disease resistance and high growth and fattening performance and their matching combinations. Professional households with certain pig-raising experience and technical accumulation are advised to choose large or long sows.

Among pigs, sows that have given birth are called sows. There are many kinds of sows, divided by color, including black sows, white sows and spotted sows.

Their living habits are also somewhat different. Geographically, some sows mainly eat half-cooked, some eat cooked food and some eat raw materials. There are many kinds of sows in China, including Taihu pig, Landrace pig, Large White pig, Erhualian pig, Jinhua pig, Duroc pig, Pitland pig and Rongchang pig.