List of Italian pig breeds

This is a list of some of the pig breeds considered in Italy to be wholly or partly of Italian origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Italian.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Principal breeds[]

Apulo-Calabrese (a.k.a. Calabrese, Nero Abruzzese, Nero Calabrese, Nero dei Lepini, Nero dei Monti Dauni Meridionali, Nero dei Monti Lepini, Nero di Calabria, Nero di Capitanata, Nero Lucano, Nero Maremmano, Nero Pugliese, Nero Reatino, Pugliese)
Casertana
Cinta Senese
Duroc Italiana
Italian Landrace
Large White Italiana
Mora Romagnola
Nero di Parma
Nero Siciliano
Sarda

Minor and historic breeds[]

Bastianella
Catanzarese
Cosentina
Faentina
Forlivese
Fumati
Lagonegrese
Reggitana
Riminese
San Lazzaro
Siciliano
Suino delle Nebrodi e Madonie

References[]

^ Alessio Zanon ([n.d]). Cenni sulle caratteristiche morfologiche delle razze suine Autoctone Italiane Antiche (in Italian). agraria.org. Accessed September 2013.
^ Breed data sheet: Italy, Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
^ Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594.

[Zanon-1] Alessio Zanon ([n.d]). Cenni sulle caratteristiche morfologiche delle razze suine Autoctone Italiane Antiche (in Italian). agraria.org. Accessed September 2013.

[DAD-2] Breed data sheet: Italy, Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.

[Bigi-3] Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594.

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