Belarusian colored pig
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The Belarusian colored pig ( Russian : Бeлopyccкaя чёpнo-пёcтpaя , Belorusskaja cherno-pestraja ) is a multi-purpose pig breed from Belarus .
Breeding history
The breed comes from Belarusian country pigs with drooping short ears. Yorkshire pigs , Middle White , Tamworth pigs, and Large Black pigs were crossbred in the 19th century . Large white , middle white, Berkshire pigs , Estonian bacon pigs and Swedish landrace were added in the 1920s . In 1957 the Belarusian colored pig was recognized as a multi-use group, and in 1976 as a breed.
Characteristics
- Color black-mackerel (colored)
- Head light, straight; Ears medium-sized, drooping
- Body deep and wide
- Back straight and broad
- moderately clumsy hams, legs straight and correct
- Weight sows 243 kg, boars 298 kg
- Time up to 100 kg: 194 days
- high stress and disease resistance
Occurrence
The breed consists of 9 lines and 26 families. In 1980 there were 102,000 animals. The main farming areas under the Russian White stained pig are Gontscharowski in the Brest Region , Schgunski in the Gomel Region , Dzyarzhynsk in Minsk Region , Lenino in the Mogilev Region and the Grodno Region . The breed is suitable as a mother and father breed and accounts for 0.3% of the pigs of Belarus.