Swine Breeds: Characteristics and Origins of Different Pork Breeds, Exams of Animal husbandry

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Swine Breeds

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Berkshire

• Originated from Berkshire, England
• Purebred breed
• Exceptional meat quality
• Predominatly Black w/ six points of white
• Erect Ears
• White (six points)
  • Tip of tail (unless docked)
  • Face
  • 4 Legs (at least 3 of 4 socks)
  • NO white between base of ears and base of tail allowed
• Known for Pork Quality Tenderness and Marbling
• Registrations maintained by American Berkshire Association division of National Swine Registry, Lafayette, INDIANA.

Chester White

• Developed in Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA)
• White
  • No colored hair allowed
  • No dark skin spots larger than silver dollar
• Droopy Ears - medium in size.
• Known for:
  • Mothering ability
  • Durability
  • Soundness Older type Remember a difference between Chesters and Landrace is the size of their ears!

Hampshire

• Originated from Scotland and England
• IMPORTED from Hampshire, ENGLAND.
• Unique color markings
• Black w/ white belt
  • Belt covers front legs and goes around body
• Erect ears
• Terminal Sire Breed
• Heavy muscled
• Lean carcass
• Noted for cutability

Landrace

• Imported from Denmark
• White
• Large Ears droop and slant forward with its top edges nearly parallel to the bridge of a straight nose.
• Farrow and raise large litters
• Refine boned
• Heavy Milkers
• Produce Large Loins and Hams

Pietrain

• Originate in Pietrain, Belgium
• Medium size
• White w/ Black Spots
• Erect ears
• Known for extreme muscle volume and shape
• High propensity for stress which is related to pork quality concerns.

SPOT

• Developed in US - INDIANA
• Black and white
  • No red or brown spots allowed
• Large Droopy Ears
• Big Boned
• Good Disposition
• Noted for rapid growth
• Noted as aggressive breeders
• (formerly known as Spotted Poland Chinas, but now just SPOTS)

Yorkshires

• Developed in Yorkshire, England
• White
• Erect ears.
• Most recorded breed of swine in the United States and in Canada
• “The Mother Breed”
  • Excel in litter size, birth and weaning weight, rebreeding interval, durability and longevity
• Long bodied, sound