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"Breeds of Livestock - Swine Breeds". ansi.okstate.edu. Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal Science. Ekarius, Carol (2008). Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs. Storey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60342-036-5
Mangalica meat Mangalica, well prepared for winter. The Mangalica produces too little lean meat, so it has been gradually replaced by modern domestic breeds. It is usually fed with a mix of wild pasture, supplemented with potatoes and pumpkins produced on the farm. [1] The primary product made from this pig is sausage, usually packed in the pig ...
Originally, the Duroc was a very large pig, but not as large as was the Jersey Red. Today, it is a medium-sized breed with a moderately long body and a slightly dished face. The ears are drooping and not held erect. The color is often an orangish-brown, but ranges from a light-golden shade to a deep mahogany-red. [1]
The world record for the heaviest pig so far is held by Big Bill, owned by Elias Buford Butler of Jackson, Tennessee. It was a Poland China breed of hog that tipped the scales at 2,552 pounds (1,158 kg) in 1933. [14] Bill was due to be exhibited at the Chicago World Fair when he broke a leg and had to be put down. At about this point in time ...
Pigs are extensively farmed, and therefore the terminology is well developed: Pig, hog, or swine, the species as a whole, or any member of it. The singular of "swine" is the same as the plural. Shoat (or shote), piglet, or (where the species is called "hog") pig, unweaned young pig, or any immature pig [23] Sucker, a pig between birth and weaning
Around 600 breeds of pig have been created by farmers around the world, mainly in Europe and Asia, differing in coloration, shape, and size. [88] According to The Livestock Conservancy , as of 2016, three breeds of pig are critically rare (having a global population of fewer than 2000).
The publication in 1955 of the Howitt Report – which discouraged rearing of all but the three pig breeds most suitable for intensive pig farming – further reduced interest in keeping slower-growing traditional breeds such as the Sandy and Black, [6] which by the 1960s or early 1970s was extinct as a pure-bred traditional breed.
The Vietnamese market is dominated by exotic and crossbred pigs, with local breeds only making up “26% of the national pig herd, mostly in uplands, rural and remote areas.” [11] In Vietnam, numerous experiments have been successfully conducted to illustrate the advantages of Australian Yorkshire pig genotypes, resulting in their rapid ...
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