Breitovo

The Breitowoer pig (Russian Брейтовская transcribed Breitowskaja ) is a multi-purpose breed of pig from Russia.

Breeding history

The breed was bred in the state breeding farm Breitowo in Yaroslavl Oblast, hence the name. Origin of races were Large White and Middle White from the UK, Danish Landrace from Denmark, lop-eared pigs from Latvia and Lithuania and Polesierschweine from Belarus. 1948, the breed was officially recognized. Originally it was a fat pig, but was converted breeds and is now classified as a multi- use pig.

Characteristics

• Medium-sized
• Color white, seldom black tabby (colorful)
• Head broad, arched; large hanging ears
• Chest broad and deep
• Back and loins wide
• Skin hard and sometimes wrinkled, dense bristles
• Flesh bright, marbled, high protein quality index (ratio of tryptophan: hydroxyproline ) of 8.60
• 2 x piglets / year up to the age 5-6 years
• Hardness
• Adaptation to the climate in North-West Russia
• Food sufficiency
• Weight 236 kg sows, boars 297 kg
• Time to 100 kg: 208 days

Occurrence

There are 16 boars and 24 sows lines. The main breeding takes place in Druzhba in St. Petersburg, Pskov Oblast in the Gorodischtsche, Drosdowski in the Smolensk Oblast and in the Yaroslavl Oblast. In many other parts of Russia Breitowoer pigs are bred yet both as a mother and as a sire breeds. In 1980, 65,800 animals the total number.