Landrace breed of pig

Characteristics
▪ Have white skin and white hair but can
have black spots.
▪ Long body and lean carcasses.
▪ Snout is long, and the head tapers
towards the snout.
▪ Large ears droop forwards almost
covering the eyes.
▪ Has deep flanks and lacks the wrinkles
and excess fat found in some other
breeds.

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Performance

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▪ Sows are good mothers and have large litter
sizes and high milk production.
▪ The pigs usually have sound legs and feet and
live long lives.
▪ Piglets are fast growing.
▪ They are an efficient feed utilizer but must be
fed well.
▪ Carcass quality is good, carcasses are lean.
▪ A mature sow weighs between 200 kg and 300
kg and a mature boar weighs between 250 kg
and 350 kg.

Use
▪ This is a good breed to keep as a sow if they are properly managed with
good housing, health-care and feeding.
▪ Landrace sows are usually crossed to Landrace or Large White boars.
▪ Sows that are already a cross of Landrace and Large White can be crossed
to Duroc boars.

Pig breed factsheet for Uganda: Landrace breed of pig, English / June 2022

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