Bulgarian White
| Conservation status | Least Concern |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Bulgaria |
| Traits | |
|
Pig Sus scrofa domesticus | |
The Bulgarian White is a breed of domestic pig from Bulgaria. It was originally created through a grading up breeding process that involved breeding Large Whites and Edelschwein lines with native Bulgarian pigs in the early twentieth century.[1][2]
History
In the early 1960s, the Bulgarian government wanted to improve the meat yield of the country's Bulgarian White stock. They did so by importing "3,000 pedigree breeding stock of the Landras and Large White varieties...from the USSR, Sweden, and Poland." These important pigs were given out to the pig farmers in the country, along with ten state farms, in order to crossbreed them with local Bulgarian White stock.[3]
References
- ↑ Porter, Valerie; Mason, Ian Lauder (2002). Mason's world dictionary of livestock breeds, types, and varieties. CAB International. p. 216. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ↑ Porter, Valerie (1993). Pigs: a handbook to the breeds of the world. Comstock Pub. Associates. p. 156. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ↑ "Pork and Bacon". Bulgaria Today (Sofia Press Agency) 11: 45. 1962. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
Further reading
- B̆ulgarska akademi︠i︡a na naukite (1985). Information Bulgaria: a short encyclopaedia of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Pergamon Press. p. 432. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 11, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.