Estonian Bacon pig

Estonian Bacon
Country of origin	Estonia
Traits
	Pig; Sus domesticus;

The Estonian Bacon (Estonian: eesti peekon) is a meat pig breed from Estonia.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was developed from a local landrace by crossbreeding it with German, Danish and Swedish landraces. Its appearance looks similar to the Danish Landrace.

References

^ Parts, J. (Institute of Animal Breeding and Veterinary Science) (1990). "On breeding of the Bacon pigs in Estonia". Animal Breeding (in Russian). ISSN 0202-1978.
^ Timoshenko, T. N.; Fedorenkova, L. A.; Yanovich, E. I. (Belarus Research Inst of Animal Production) (2000). "The development and productivity of estonian bacon breed of pigs". Zootekhnicheskaya Nauka Belarusi (Belarus) (in Russian).
^ Koziner, A.B.; Shtakelberg, E.R. "3. Pigs". Animal genetic resources of the USSR. Retrieved 2021-06-12. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

Laanmäe, V. "Eesti seatõugude aretamisest ja jõudlusest 1923...1956" (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 2016-02-17.

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[1] Parts, J. (Institute of Animal Breeding and Veterinary Science) (1990). "On breeding of the Bacon pigs in Estonia". Animal Breeding (in Russian). ISSN 0202-1978.

[2] Timoshenko, T. N.; Fedorenkova, L. A.; Yanovich, E. I. (Belarus Research Inst of Animal Production) (2000). "The development and productivity of estonian bacon breed of pigs". Zootekhnicheskaya Nauka Belarusi (Belarus) (in Russian).

[3] Koziner, A.B.; Shtakelberg, E.R. "3. Pigs". Animal genetic resources of the USSR. Retrieved 2021-06-12. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

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