Category:Ba Xuyen Hog

Ba Xuyen is a composite of the Berkshire, imported from 1932-1958, as well as the Bo Xu, a composite of the Craonnais, imported around 1920 by French planters, and Chinese pigs imported around 1900 by Chinese traders. The Ba Xuyen is adapted well to the salty-water zones of the Mekong River delta in southern Vietnam. It has short body, medium-sized ears and small legs, with a roughly similar proportion of black and white areas on the body. The average number of live piglets per litter is 8. Pigs weigh 100 kg by 12 months of age with high backfat thickness of 42 mm.