Vietnamese native pigs

With nearly 10 years of experience in the livestock sector, especially in high-quality cattle farming, Vsapat Tay Bac has established farms that collaborate with local farmers in the production of cattle, buffalo, wild boar, white horse, and deer. In particular, our program focuses on high-yield cattle farming, specifically Zebu breeds (Sim and Bradman…) and other high-yield beef breeds like BBB, meeting market demands.

Categories: Animal Breed, Plants and Seedlings

Description

The Vietnamese ỉ pig is a local breed from Northern Vietnam, now rarely raised due to low economic efficiency and is currently at risk of extinction.

This pig has solid black fur and skin, a relatively small head, fairly short legs, erect ears, wrinkled face, arched back, bulging belly, and a straight tail. Male ỉ pigs mate very early, as early as 3-4 weeks old, and sperm and eggs are capable of fertilization by 40 days old, although anatomically, they only reach maturity at six years old. Female ỉ pigs have 10 teats, reach estrus at 4-5 months old, and have a reproductive capacity of 8-10 piglets per sow per litter. 8-month-old ỉ pigs can reach 50-60 kg.

Advantages: easy to raise because they tolerate humidity and heat well, are hardy, and have delicious meat.

Disadvantages: small size, slow growth, low lean meat content and high fat content (lean meat percentage is usually only 36% while fat accounts for 54%).