Swine Breeds

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Swine Breeds

• Breeds, Origins, Colors, Characteristics

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Major Swine Breeds

• Duroc
• Hampshire
• Yorkshire
• Chester White
• Poland China
• Spot
• Tamworth
• Landrace
• Berkshire
• Hereford

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American Landrace

• Color-White
• Origin-Denmark
• Characteristics-Large Floppy Ears, long bodied
  with weird back, Good Mothering-Prolific, weak
  pasterns.
• Size-700-900 pounds.

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Berkshire

• Color-Black White (6 white points-tail, snout,
  4 feet)
• Origin-England
• Characteristics-Erect Ears, Short Snouts.
• Size-700-800 pounds.

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Chester White

• Color-White
• Origin-Pennsylvania, USA
• Characteristics-Droopy Ears, Excellent mothering,
  meaty
• Size-Medium
• 600-700 pounds

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Duroc

• Color-Rust Red
• Origin-New Jersey, USA
• Characteristics-Droopy Ears, Rapid Growth, Meaty,
  Popular, Used in crossbreeding programs
• Size-up to 1000 pounds.

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Hampshire

• Color-Black with White belt around shoulders.
• Origin-Kentucky, although ancestry tracked to
  England
• Characteristics-Erect Ears, High quality
  carcasses, long, meaty, Popular
• Size 750-900 pounds.

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Hereford

• Color-Red, with white
• Origin-Missouri, USA
• Characteristics-Meaty, Erect Ears, Gentle
• Size-700-800 pounds.

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Poland China

• Color-Black White (6 white points-snout, tail,
  4 feet)
• Origin-Ohio, USA
• Characteristics-Droopy Ears, Meaty Carcasses,
  Sound.
• Size-700-900 pounds.

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Spots

• Color- Black and White, spotted pattern, 20-80 to
  80-20,..50-50 ideal
• Origin-Indiana, USA
• Characteristics-
• Meaty, Droopy Ears, Aggressive boars
• Size-700-800 pounds.

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Tamworth

• Color-Red,
• Origin-Ireland
• Characteristics-Very light muscle traits, Erect
  Ears.
• Size-700-800 pounds.

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Yorkshire

• Color-White
• Origin-England
• Characteristics-Erect Ears, Top
  mothering-Prolific, Large Litters, Long-sided,
  bacon breed.
• Size-800-950 pounds.

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Other minor Swine Breeds

• OIC-Ohio Improved Chester
• Lacombe
• Palouse
• San Pierre
• CPF-Certified Pathogen Free
• Managra
• Beltsville
• Maryland

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