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American Landrace
The American Landrace is an American List of pig breeds, breed of domestic pig. It is white in color, with a long body, fine hair, a long snout and heavy, drooping ears. Like all landrace pigs, it derives from the Danish Landrace (pig), Danish Landrace. History The American Landrace derives from the Danish Landrace pig, Danish Landrace, which in turn derives from cross-breeding in the late nineteenth century between local Danish pigs and Large White (pig), Large White stock imported from Britain. In 1934 twenty-four of these pigs were imported from Denmark by the United States Department of Agriculture for cross-breeding and research purposes, with a condition that they not be used to create a purebred commercial stock. That restriction was lifted in 1949 and a breed association, the American Landrace Association, was established in 1950. The new breed was founded on stock that was either purebred Danish or had a small percentage of Poland China blood. To reduce inbreeding, thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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