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Ba Xuyen pig
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Ba Xuyen pig

Place of Origin Vietnam
Origin The Ba Xuyen is a breed of domestic pig from South Vietnam, specifically the Mekong Delta. It is a spotted black and white pig with white feet. It was bred from a cross between a Berkshire and a Boxu from 1932 to 1956. The Bo Xu that is itself a composite of the Craonnais, imported around 1920 by French planters, and Chinese pigs imported around 1900 by Chinese traders. Ba Xuyen is adapted well to the salty-water zones of the Mekong River delta in southern of Vietnam.
Purpose Meat
Characteristics The average size of the breed is 100 kilograms (220 lb) by the time they reach one year old, having a "backfat thickness of 42 mm." When breeding, around 8 piglets are born in every litter. It has short body, medium-sized ears and small legs, with roughly similar proportion of black and white areas on the body.
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