{"id":30159,"date":"2026-01-05T15:02:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/?page_id=30159"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:03:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:03:04","slug":"animal-science-swine-learning-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/animal-science-swine-learning-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Science: Swine Learning Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26859 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/04\/Swine-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/04\/Swine-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/04\/Swine-105x70.jpg 105w, 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Notching<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Medicine Labels and Insert<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Medicine Label Interpretation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Safe Animal Handling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biosecurity<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information is available on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extensionpubs.osu.edu\/swine-learning-lab-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/extensionpubs.osu.edu\/beef-learning-lab-kit\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1634140073396000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFtDr0CaOvqPf5TNwbX5YYaS6kdqw\">Swine Learning Lab Kit page<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Ohio 4-H Youth Development, Ohio State University Extension website.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: This kit is from Ohio State University Extension\u2019s 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