Danish Landrace pig

Danish Landrace
Traits
Other names	dansk landrace, dansk landracesvin
Country of origin	Denmark
Pig Sus scrofa domesticus

The Danish Landrace (Danish: dansk landrace) is a medium to large breed of pig, white in colour with long bodies, fine hair, long snouts, and heavy drooping ears. They are bred for pork production. There are two distinct varieties, the white (hvid) and the piebald (sortbroget)

The first registered Landrace herd was established in 1896 in Denmark, with the first progeny and sibling tests in 1907. Since then, production and quality testing have become a regular part of the Danish swine improvement program. Primarily because of this breed, Denmark became the world's chief bacon-exporting country and for many years refused to export purebred Landrace breeding stock to protect this position. Registrations are governed by Denmark's Landsudvalget for Svineavl og Production (National Committee for Breeding and Production).

Danish Landrace have been exported to the United States (see American Landrace), Canada, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Malaysia, Sweden, Thailand, the former U.S.S.R., Albania, Hungary, Greece, Germany, and several African countries.

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Oklahoma State University: Danish Landrace

"Landrace"-named breeds of swine

American Belgian Bulgarian British Canadian Danish Dutch (Netherlands) Finnish French German Italian Norwegian Polish South African Swedish Swiss

These are standardized breeds with "Landrace" in their name. They are not free-breeding landraces, but were usually derived from them by selective breeding. Exceptions are the American, Canadian and South African, which are crossbreeds of only European stock, and the Belgian, another modern crossbreed of non-native stock.

Danish Landrace pig

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