| Piétrain | |
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Piétrain pigs at the Libramont agricultural fair |
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| Country of origin | Wallonia |
| Pig (Sus scrofa domesticus.) | |
Piétrain is a breed of domestic pig native to Wallonia, which takes its name from "Piétrain", a small village of the Walloon municipality of Jodoigne. This breed became popular in the 1950s during the difficult period of the swine market in 1950-51 [1]. Piétrain swine were imported into Germany in 1960-61. The main breeding areas in that country are Schleswig-Holstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, and Baden-Württemberg. They are commonly used in crossbreeding in Germany to improve the quality of pork produced.[1]
The breed was improved by researchers at the Université de Liège in 2004[2].