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www.albertapork.com<br />
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Facts About <strong>Pig</strong>s<br />
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New Brunswick<br />
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A sow (mother pig) has 9 - 14 piglets at one time,<br />
and has two litters of piglets each year.<br />
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<strong>Pig</strong>s gestate (are pregnant) for 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days.<br />
Cows gestate for about 9 months and 2 weeks. Horses gestate for<br />
almost 1 year. People gestate for a little over 9 months.<br />
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<strong>Pig</strong>s like to keep themselves and their pens clean.<br />
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<strong>Pig</strong>s don't sweat. Their sweat glands don't work.<br />
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Hog farmers reduce, reuse and recycle by using pig<br />
manure to fertilize farmland.<br />
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The average Canadian uses 343 litres of water in their home<br />
and garden each day, compared to 7 litres for the average pig.<br />
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Canadian pork is sold to over 90 countries, including the<br />
United States, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Cuba and Russia.<br />
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