Meet the editors

Marjeta Čandek Potokar is a researcher at the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia. She graduated in Animal Science and has a PhD in Food Science. Her main research area is meat science. Current research topics comprise: (1) the local Krškopolje pig breed, (2) castration issues (boar taint, immunocastration, nutrition, product quality), (3) dry cured products, (4) carcass classification methods, and (5) use of NIRS for meat quality assessment.

She has led seven national projects and participated in many EU projects (EUPIG-CLASS, YOUNG-TRAIN, PIGCAS, TRUEFOOD, COST FAIM, COST IPEMA, ERA-NET SUSI); presently she coordinates H2020 project TREASURE. She is habilitted at the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences of the University of Maribor as a lecturer of technology of animal products. She has authored over 60 SCI papers, numerous professional articles, conference contributions, and book chapters.

Rosa M. Nieto is a researcher at the Spanish National Research Council. She graduated in Biological Sciences and has a PhD in Animal Nutrition. Her research activity is nutrient metabolism of livestock (mainly swine), focusing on protein deposition in muscle. Over the last few years she has concentrated on Iberian pig metabolic characterization, investigating nutritional requirements (particularly amino acids and energy) during different

growth phases. Her research interests include the effects of immunocastration on productivity and meat quality, links between amino acid and lipid metabolism, and consequences on meat quality. She has participated in nearly 30 research projects and contracts with international (including H2020 project TREASURE), national, and regional funding, in many of them as a research leader. She has authored over 70 SCI papers and many professional articles and congress contributions.

**Preface III**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Local Pig Breeds in Project TREASURE **11**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 51**

**Chapter 5 65**

**Chapter 6 73**

Introductory Chapter: Concept and Ambition of Project TREASURE *by Marjeta Čandek-Potokar, Luca Fontanesi, Bénédicte Lebret, José M. Gil,* 

*Cristina Ovilo, Rosa Nieto, Ana Fernandez, Carolina Pugliese,* 

*Maria-Angels Oliver and Riccardo Bozzi*

*by Rui Charneca, José Martins, Amadeu Freitas, José Neves, José Nunes, Hugo Paixim, Pedro Bento* 

*by Marie-José Mercat, Bénédicte Lebret, Herveline Lenoir*

*Preciosa Pires, Carla Alves and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

*by Carolina Pugliese, Riccardo Bozzi, Maurizio Gallo, Claudia Geraci, Luca Fontanesi and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

*by João Santos Silva, José Pedro Araújo, Joaquim Orlando Cerqueira,* 

*by Riccardo Bozzi, Maurizio Gallo, Claudia Geraci, Luca Fontanesi* 

**Section 1**

Contents

**Section 2**

Alentejano Pig

Basque Pig

Bísaro Pig

*and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

*and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

Apulo-Calabrese Pig

Cinta Senese Pig

*and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

### Contents



**III**

**Chapter 17 223**

**Chapter 18 233**

**Chapter 19 245**

**Chapter 20 257**

**Chapter 21 267**

Analytical Review of Productive Performance of Local Pig Breeds **279**

**Chapter 22 281**

*by Matthias Petig, Christoph Zimmer, Rudolf Bühler and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

*by Danijel Karolyi, Zoran Luković, Krešimir Salajpal, Dubravko Škorput, Ivan Vnučec, Željko Mahnet, Vedran Klišanić and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

Analytical Review of Productive Performance of Local Pig Breeds *by Marjeta Čandek-Potokar, Nina Batorek Lukač, Urška Tomažin,* 

*by Riccardo Bozzi, Maurizio Gallo, Claudia Geraci, Luca Fontanesi* 

*by Riccardo Bozzi, Maurizio Gallo, Claudia Geraci, Luca Fontanesi* 

*by Riccardo Bozzi, Maurizio Gallo, Claudia Geraci,*

*Luca Fontanesi and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

Casertana Pig

Nero Siciliano Pig

Sarda Pig

**Section 3**

*and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

*and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

Schwäbisch-Hällisches Pig

Turopolje Pig (Turopoljska svinja)

*Martin Škrlep and Rosa Nieto*


**II**

**Chapter 7 87**

**Chapter 8 101**

**Chapter 9 115**

**Chapter 10 141**

**Chapter 11 155**

**Chapter 12 165**

**Chapter 13 173**

**Chapter 14 187**

**Chapter 15 197**

**Chapter 16 209**

*by Rosa Nieto, Juan García-Casco, Luis Lara, Patricia Palma-Granados,* 

*by Nina Batorek Lukač, Urška Tomažin, Martin Škrlep, Andrej Kastelic,* 

Black Slavonian (Crna slavonska) Pig

Gascon Pig

*and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

Ibérico (Iberian) Pig

*Ivona Djurkin Kušec and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

*Juan Luis Duarte and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

*Klavdija Poklukar and Marjeta Čandek-Potokar*

Lietuvos Vietinė (Lithuanian Indigenous Wattle) Pig *by Violeta Razmaitė, Rūta Šveistienė, Virginija Jatkauskienė, Remigijus Juška, Raimondas Leikus and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

Lietuvos Baltosios Senojo Tipo (Lithuanian White) Pig *by Violeta Razmaitė, Rūta Šveistienė, Virginija Jatkauskienė, Raimondas Leikus, Remigijus Juška and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

*Miloš Lukić, Dragan Radojković and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

*by Čedomir Radović, Radomir Savić, Milica Petrović, Marija Gogić,* 

*by Riccardo Bozzi, Maurizio Gallo, Claudia Geraci, Luca Fontanesi* 

*by Radomir Savić, Čedomir Radović, Milica Petrović, Marija Gogić,* 

*by Joan Tibau, Neus Torrentó, Raquel Quintanilla Aguado, Joel González, Maria Angels Oliver, Marta Gil, Jaume Jaume and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

Mangalitsa (Swallow-Belly Mangalitsa) Pig

*Dragan Radojković and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

Negre Mallorquí (Majorcan Black) Pig

Mora Romagnola Pig

Moravka Pig

*and Nina Batorek-Lukač*

Krškopoljski prašič (Krškopolje Pig)

*by Vladimir Margeta, Kristina Gvozdanović, Goran Kušec,*

*by Marie-José Mercat, Bénédicte Lebret, Herveline Lenoir*

*Mercedes Izquierdo, Francisco Hernandez, Elena Dieguez,* 

Local pig breeds, like many other traditional agricultural genetic resources, have been abandoned due to their lower productivity and competitiveness, which means that they do not correspond to the industrial concept of an agricultural system. Nowadays the majority of local pig breeds are still endangered despite increased awareness of the importance of biotic diversity and general societal support for the preservation of local genetic resources. The best strategy for preservation of breeds is the one that makes them self-sustaining; however, this is seldom attained in local pig breeds and the intervention of public bodies by means of subsidies is often considered indispensable. Increasing the market potential and value of their products is a key strategy to support in situ conservation of breeds. Exploitation of local pig breeds in their specific production systems, which makes use of local feeding resources and offers more resilience, also provides products with attributes that are demanded and appreciated by consumers, constituting the basis for sustainable pork chains. The economic potential of local breeds and their production systems is far from being optimally exploited and represents a challenge and opportunity for

Preface

In the present work, which is part of the project TREASURE dedicated to multicriteria evaluation of local pig breeds, we collected essential available information about the history of breeds, and current census, geographical location, and production systems, as well as data on productive traits of the local pig breeds involved in the project. This information was collected by project partners from the available literature or unpublished data, or was generated within the experiments performed in the project. The book is divided into the introductory chapter presenting the concept and ambition of project TREASURE, followed by chapters presenting individual local breeds involved in the project. The concluding chapter provides an

Local pig breeds together with their production systems represent a special value for the development of pig production that answers societal demands for sustainability and enables a diversification of agricultural activities, and thus development of regional agro-food sector economies. We hope that with this book, as one of the important results of the project, we have contributed to the knowledge needed for

Finally, we would like to acknowledge the enormous efforts of the authors (project partners) who contributed to this collection of data and breed descriptions, as well as to the numerous reviewers who helped us with very valuable comments. This

the future of the pig sector.

analytical review of their productive performance.

progress in the use of local pig breeds.
