are seen.
Landrace
There are now many separate breeds of Landrace pig, e.g. American, British, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian and Swedish. They all originate from Scandinavia. They are a very important breed now used extensively in hybrids. They are a large white pig with lop ears, renowned for their length and limited back fat.
Large Black
This large English breed is all black with lop ears.
Large White
This large English breed is all white and has prick ears. It forms the basis of many hybrids used in commercial pig production. It is particularly useful when crossed with a Landrace-type pig.
Fig. 1.7. A Kunekune pig. Note the wattles.
Latvian White
As the name suggests, this large white pig was developed in Latvia. It has prick ears.
Lithuanian White
This all white, large pig with prick ears was developed in Lithuania by crossing English Large White pigs with Lithuanian native pigs. These native pigs were either black and white or red and white.
Lincolnshire Curly-Coated
This large white pig, as the name suggests, has an abundant curly coat. It has prick ears and was developed in Lincolnshire.
Mangalitsa
This medium-sized pig with a large girth has lop ears. It can be red or tan or even partly black. It was developed in Hungary.
Fig. 1.8. A Kunekune pig crossed with a Vietnamese pig in New Zealand.
Fig. 1.9. A Kunekune pig crossed with a commercial hybrid pig.
Meishan
This is a medium-sized pig with little hair and large folds of skin not only on its body but also on its head. It has lop ears and is pinky black in colour. It originated in China.
Middle White
Although in theory this breed of pig is smaller than a Large White pig, it is still categorized as a large pig. It is all white with prick ears. It has a very short snout. The breed was developed in Yorkshire in the UK. Middle White pigs are often crossed with Kunekune pigs to make pet pigs (Fig. 1.10).
Mukota
This small fat pig was developed in Zimbabwe to be resistant to the heat and tropical diseases. It is black with a short snout and lop ears.
Mulefoot
This is a very strange breed of pig which was developed in the USA from original stock from the Deep South. It is now a rare breed. It does not have a cloven hoof; hence its name, as its foot looks like that of a mule. The lack of a cloven hoof is in fact an inherited defect. The ethics of breeding these pigs must be questionable. It is normally all black but some have white spots.
Fig. 1.10. A Middle White pig crossed with a Kunekune pig in New Zealand.
Myrhorod
This is a medium-sized white pig with lop ears which was developed in the Ukraine.
North Caucasian
This is a hybrid pig bred from native pigs and imported Landrace blood in southern Russia and in Uzbekistan. It is normally a large white pig with lop ears.
North Siberian
This is a small curly-coated pig from northern Siberia. It has prick ears and is normally brown in colour. It manages to cope with the extremely harsh climate.
Ossabaw Island
This small pig is derived from feral pigs bred on Ossabaw Island which lies in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia in the USA. It has prick ears and is normally black or spotted.
Oxford Sandy and Black
These are an old breed of medium-sized pigs which are almost considered a rare bred in the UK. They are a sandy colour with large black spots. They have lop ears.
Pietrain
These middle-sized pigs originated in Belgium and form a part of modern European hybrid commercial pigs. They are white in colour with large grey spots. They have prick ears. They are renowned for their large muscle to bone and fat ratio.
Red Wattle
This is a very large pig from the USA. It is red in colour and has lop ears.
Saddleback
There are now many separate breeds of Saddleback, e.g. the Angeln from Germany, the British Saddleback, the Essex and the Wessex. They are a large pig, mainly black with a white band around their girth. They have lop ears.
Semirechye
This middle-sized pig breed originated in Kazakhstan. It is usually used as a crossing sire for breeding hybrid gilts. It is black in colour
