Methodology to calculate the age of a pig
Pigs can easily reach the age of 20 years or more, but the longevity of animals is often artificially reduced by humans for breeding purposes. Practically, there is no mathematical formula (well at least, not a simple one) because the age of a pig does not follow a linear curve compared with the human age.
So it's rather from observations of the ages of pigs that veterinarians have established a correlation table (age chart) to see an equivalence in human age:
| Pig real age | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human age | 18 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 42 | 46 | 50 | 54 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 |
Life expectancy of the pig: a horse can live for about 20 to 25 years.
How do we call?
- a baby pig: a piglet
- a female pig: a sow
- a male pig: a boar (sometimes swine or hog)
And you, how old is your pig?
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