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American Landrace - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები American Landrace
Landrace are white in color. Their ears droop and slant forward with its top edges nearly parallel to the bridge of a straight nose. Landrace, which are noted for their ability to farrow and raise large litters, are the fifth most recorded breed of swine in the United States.
American Yorkshire - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები American Yorkshire
Yorkshires are white in color and have erect ears. They are the most recorded breed of swine in the United States and in Canada. They are found in almost every state, with the highest populations being in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and Ohio. The modern Yorkshire is very muscular, with a high proportion of lean meat and low backfat, in addition to being very sound and durable.
Angeln Saddleback - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Angeln Saddleback
The Angeln Saddleback pig is also known as the Angler Sattelschwein. The Angeln Saddleback pig is a rare breed of domestic pig which is grown mainly in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is a large, lop-eared, black pig with a white band around its body which continues down to its forefeet.
Arapawa Island - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Arapawa Island
The true origin of the feral pigs of Arapawa Island in the Marlborough Sounds is not known although they have given rise to much speculation. It has been suggested that they are descendants of animals released in the Marlborough Sounds area by James Cook in 1773 and 1777. A more likely explanation, however, is that they were introduced by whalers during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Ba Xuyen - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Ba Xuyen
Ba Xuyen is a composite of the Berkshire, imported from 1932-1958, and the Bo Xu that is itself a composite of the Craonnais, imported around 1920 by French planters, and Chinese pigs imported around 1900 by Chinese traders.
Beijing Black - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Beijing Black
This breed is found throughout China. They are a meat breed, usually black but occasionally with white markings.
Belgian Landrace - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Belgian Landrace
The breed's development began in the late 1920's, with the native Landrace type, which was described as "a short, fat and poorly muscled pig."' In the early 1930's, the German Landrace was introduced and crossed with the native stock. The German stock that was introduced was said to have had an infusion of British Large White. Following World War II, Dutch Landrace were imported and used.
Bentheim Black Pied - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Bentheim Black Pied
The Bentheim Black Pied pig is also known as the Buntes Bentheimer Schwein. It is a rare breed of domestic pig in Germany.
Berkshire - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Berkshire
CROMWELL’S troops when quartered in Reading, made reference to a locally bred pig renowned for its size and the quality of its bacon and ham. This turned out to be one of the earliest records of the Berkshire breed.
Black Slavonian - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Black Slavonian
The Black Salvonian are a meat breed with semi-lop ear which originated, by Count Pfeifer, from Berkshire and Poland China crossed with Black Mangalitsa.
British Landrace - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები British Landrace
The first Landrace pigs were imported into Britain from Sweden in 1949 (4 boars and 8 gilts) with other imports to follow from 1953 onwards, these came into Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
British Lop - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები British Lop
The British Lop is a west country breed which originated around the Tavistock area either side of the Cornwall/Devon borders.
Bulgarian White - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Bulgarian White
This meat breed is found throughout Bulgaria. It was developed from Bulgarian Native graded up by Large White and Edelschwein.
Chester White - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Chester White
The Chester White breed originated in Chester County, Pennsylvania and thereby derived its breed name. At first it was called the Chester County White, but later the "county" was dropped.
Czech Improved White - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Czech Improved White
This breed is found throughout the Czech Republic. It was developed from Large White, Edelschwein and German Landrace crossed with local swine.
Danish Landrace - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Danish Landrace
The Danish Landrace pig is a medium to large breed of pig, whitish in colour with long bodies, fine hair, long snouts and drooping ears. The Danish Landrace pigs are bred for pork production. Production and quality testing have become a regular part of the Danish swine improvement program.
Dermantsi Pied - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Dermantsi Pied
Found in the region surrounding Lukovit in northern Bulgaria, the Dermantsi Pied is a lard breed of swine.
Duroc - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Duroc
In 1812, early "Red Hogs" were bred in New York and New Jersey. They were large in size. Large litters and the ability to grow quickly were characteristics Durocs possessed from the beginning. The foundation that formed today's "Duroc" was comprised of Red Durocs from New York and Jersey Reds from New Jersey.
Fengjing - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Fengjing
The Fengjing breed was introduced into the United States under a cooperative effort of the USDA, the University of Illinois, and Iowa State University. Meishan and Minzhu were also introduced with this program at the same time. A total of 144 pigs of these breeds were brought to the U.S. with this program. Iowa State University received 8 Fengjing males for research on July 27, 1989.
French Landrace - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები French Landrace
The Landrace strains of swine were first introduced into France around 1930. It was not until after World War II that extensive importations of registered stock were made. Those imported came largely from Sweden. At that time Denmark was quite restrictive of exports. Selection in France was being heavily directed for swine that suited the production environment and the market requirements of France.
German Landrace - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები German Landrace
The breed was started about the year 1900 in northwest Germany and especially in Lower Saxony. The existing swine supplied the original seed stock and improvement was made by farmer breeders through careful selection.
Gloucestershire Old Spot - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Gloucestershire Old Spot
Although if old paintings are to be trusted, there have been spotted pigs around for two or three centuries, the Gloucestershire Old Spots has only had pedigree status since the early 20th century.
Guinea Hog - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Guinea Hog
Guinea hogs, or Guinea Forest hogs, most likely originated on the Guinea coast of Africa and were spread widely though the slave trade from Africa to England, France, Spain, and America.
Hampshire - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Hampshire
The Hampshire Breed has been developed in the United States of America and is now one of the World’s most important breeds.
Hereford - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Hereford
The first hogs known as Herefords originated on the farm of R.U. Webber of La Plata, Missouri. Mr. Webber was said to have made his first crosses in about 1902, and these ultimately involved several breeds.
Hezuo - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Hezuo
The Hezuo pig is from the Plateau region and are located in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, China.
Iberian - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Iberian
The Iberian is found in southern Spain. It includes the Extremadura Red, Jabugo Spotted, Black Iberian and others.
Jinhua - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Jinhua
The Jinhua pig of Zhejiang Province in China, is characterized by its hair color and meat quality. The animals have a white body, with black at the head and rump. This leads to the common name of "two-end-black". The back and loins are slightly curved. The breed is especially noted for its thin skin, fine bones and tender meat. After special processing, "Jinhua ham" is favored for its attractive flavor and rosy color and it has a high reputation in the international market.
Kele - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Kele
The Kele is located in Southwest China in the Yunnan-Guizhou mountainous areas, where the altitude is between 1700 to 2400 m, the climate is dry and cold during the winter and humid in summer, and characterized by erractic changes in weather. The main crops are potatoes and buckwheat; this area is relatively poor in feed supply, and the pigs are out on the plateau pasture with cattle and sheep.
Krskopolje - pig breeds | goris jishebi | ღორის ჯიშები Krskopolje
The Krskopolje or Blackbelted pig is the only Slovene autonomous pig breed.
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