Agrinion pig
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| Greece, GR | |
| Location | Etoloakarnania area, Western Greece |
| Species | Pig |
| Management | semi-feral |
| Morphology | weight: f 50-70 kg, m 90-130 kg, well adapted to hard conditions. Efforts to cross with more productive foreign breeds were not successful |
| History | Local pigs can be found under oak woods on land covered with poor low vegetation. Oak-apples and roots from bushes provide them with suitable food but their owners sometimes supplying them with complementary food in order to cover the 10 % of their needs. The anaglyph of mountains region is suitable for the construction of shelters for the pig reproduction and development. |
| Contact | www.anait.gr , Development Agency of Etoloakarnania (ANAIT) S. A. - LGO, Spiros Koufos Email: anait@otenet.gr, 41 Kyprou St , 30200 Messolonghi, Phone: +302631055140, Fax: +302631026103 |
| Remarks | some periodic management e.g. removal of some males, health checks. These animals are raised with an extensive husbandry system in semi-free populations in the broad region of oak forests (near the villages of Vatos, Palairos and Monastiraki |
| Source of information | www.anait.gr , Development Agency of Etoloakarnania (ANAIT) S. A. - LGO, Spiros Koufos Email: anait@otenet.gr, 41 Kyprou St , 30200 Messolonghi, Phone: +302631055140, Fax: +302631026103 |
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