"Guinea pigs, also known as cavies, have been domesticated since around 5000 BCE, leading to the development of a diverse array ofbreeds. These breeds exhibit...
This is a listofpigbreeds usually considered to originate or have developed in Canada and the United States. Some may have complex or obscure histories...
Howitt Report discouraged rearing of all but three pigbreeds suitable for intensive pig farming. By the 1960s the breed was almost extinct. Although numbers...
Abyssinian is a breedof guinea pig that is relatively common as both a pet and show animal. The Abyssinian is set apart from other breedsof guinea pig by its...
This is a listof notable pigs. Arnold was the Ziffels' pet pig on the TV sitcom Green Acres. He would perform anthropomorphic activities such as coming...
This is a listof some of the pigbreeds considered in Italy to be wholly or partly of Italian origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion...
Committee on the Development ofPig Production advised farmers to increase profitability by focusing on just three breedsofpigs — the British Landrace, the...
period of decline in all other British pigbreeds, including the Middle White. By the time the Rare Breeds Survival Trust was founded in 1973, numbers of all...
Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944. Valerie Porter (1993). Pigs: A Handbook to the Breedsof the...
modern British breedof domestic pig. It was created in 1967 by merging the surviving populations of two traditional saddleback breeds, the Essex and...
Husum Red Pied or Rotbunte Husumer is a rare German breedof domestic pig.: 230 It is a red pig with a white belt or saddle which includes the forelegs...
popular breedofpig. With the advent of intensive farming, certain lean, pale, high-yield breeds were chosen to suit the factory conditions and needs of mass-production...
The term Landrace pig, or Landrace swine, refers to any of a group of standardized breedsof domestic pig, and in this context, the word "Landrace" is...
rat Listof guinea pigbreeds Baldwin guinea pig "IAF Hairless Guinea Pig". Charles River.[dead link] Banks, Ron (17 February 1989). "The Guinea Pig: Biology...
wattles or tassels, and is on the threatened listof the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC). The pigs are characterized by their red coat and distinctive...
The Watch listof the Rare Breeds Survival Trust is a listingof rare and native United Kingdom breedsof domestic cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, goats and...
Yorkshire is an American breedof large domestic pig. It is the most numerous pigbreed in the United States.: 14 It derives from pigsof the British Large...
is one of the six autochthonous pigbreeds recognised by the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture...
with a variety ofbreedsof European origin including the Berkshire. It was bred as a lard pig, and is among the largest of all pigbreeds.: 535 : 193 ...
primarily due to the Meishan Pigs adaptability to small holder farms. Listof domestic pigbreeds Okja "梅山豬種". Silvera, Rico. "Breed Description". American...
Pig farming, pork farming, or hog farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock, and is a branch of animal husbandry. Pigs are farmed...
on three breeds, the Large White, the Landrace and the Welsh pig, and this led to a decline in the other native breeds. In 1973 the Rare Breeds Survival...