German landrace
The German Landrace is a domestic pig breed that was called the German grafted country pig until 1968 .
The German Landrace came into being around 1890, when various German country pig breeds , all of which had white bristles on white skin, floppy ears and a large frame, were crossed with white English type standing-ear pigs. From 1904 the resulting breed was referred to as the refined country pig , later the German refined country pig . Breeds bred in individual regions, such as the Meißner pig , were integrated by a nationwide uniform association with the same breeding goal and no longer existed as an independent breed. Individual boars of these smaller breeding lines, such as Robust M 301 , became line founders of the German Landrace.
In the 1950s there was a re- breeding from previously quite fat pigs to leaner meat pigs , which had one rib more and were therefore longer. The breeding of this landrace took place via animals of Danish origin. However, the new pig type was very prone to stress . Therefore, the German landrace was selected for increased stress resistance in the 1980s. Various land races from abroad were used for this purpose.
Web links
- German Landrace Universal
- State Institute for Pig Breeding (PDF file; 171 kB)