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
- Abruzzese
- Basilicata
- Bastianella
- Bergamasca Nera
- Borghigiana
- Catanzarese
- Chianina
- Cosentina
- Faentina
- Forlivese
- Friulana Nera
- Fumati
- Gargano
- Garlasco
- Lagonegrese
- Macchiaiola Maremmana
- Murgese
- Napoletana Fulva
- Parmigiana Nera
- Perugina
- Reggitana
- Riminese
- Rossa modenese
- Samólaco
- San Lazzaro
- Siciliano
- Suino delle Nebrodi e Madonie
- Valtellina
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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.
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