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Mexican Creole hairless pig

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Breed of pig
Mexican Creole hairless pig
Country of originMexico
Traits
  • Pig
  • Sus domesticus

The Mexican Creole hairless pig is a unique genotype that is believed to have been introduced to Mexico during the Spanish conquest. The genotype is being conserved by researchers of UNAM at the Faculty of veterinary medicine and animal husbandry.

The Mexican Creole hairless pig, known as cerdo pelón in Spanish, is small with a grey/black color and no hair. It has a narrow snout and long head. The cerdo pelón has been used in traditional Yucatán cuisine for dishes like Cochinita pibil and "Cabeza de cochino."

The Mexican Creole hairless pig is now considered endangered. It is threatened by the popularity of and crossbreeding with industrial breeds like the Large White pig and Duroc pig. A similar breed to the cerdo pelón, the Creole pig of Haiti, is now considered extinct.

References

  1. C Lemus-Flores, R Ulloa-Arvizu, M Ramos-Kuri, F J Estrada and R A Alonso. Genetic analysis of Mexican hairless pig populations. Journal of Animal Science. December 2001
  2. Impacto Social Archived 2014-11-23 at archive.today (Text in spanish)
  3. Wilbert Trejo Lizama (2005). Strategies to Improve the Use of Limited Nutrient Resources in Pig Production in the Tropics. kassel university press GmbH. pp. 6–8. ISBN 978-3-89958-187-4.
  4. "Cerdo pelón será cochinita pibil enlatada – Revista Yucatán – Asómate a la península…" (in European Spanish). 16 June 2010. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  5. ^ Ansede, Manuel (2016-08-09). "Saving the Spanish pigs that went to the Americas with Columbus". El País. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  6. Vásquez, Sierra & Canul Solís, M & Cen Aguilar, F & Rodriguez Canul, Rossanna & Delgado, J.V. & Martinez, Amparo. (2003). "THE MEXICAN HAIRLESS PIG: PROGRAMME OF GENETIC CONSERVATION OF AN ENDANGERED BREED EL CERDO PELÓN MEXICANO: PROGRAMA DE CONSERVACIÓN GENÉTICA DE UNA". Zootecnica. 52: 279–284 – via Researchgate.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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