The Mexican Creole hairless pig is a unique genotype that is believed to have been introduced to Mexico during the Spanish conquest.[1] The genotype is being conserved by researchers of UNAM at the Faculty of veterinary medicine and animal husbandry.[2]
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The Mexican Creole hairless pig, known as cerdo pelón in Spanish, is small with a grey/black color and no hair. It has a narrow snout and long head.[3] The cerdo pelón has been used in traditional Yucatán cuisine for dishes like Cochinita pibil[4] and "Cabeza de cochino."[5]
The Mexican Creole hairless pig is now considered endangered.[6] It is threatened by the popularity of and crossbreeding with industrial breeds like Large White pig and Duroc pig.[5] A similar breed to the cerdo pelón, the Creole pig of Haiti, is now considered extinct.
References edit
- ^ C Lemus-Flores, R Ulloa-Arvizu, M Ramos-Kuri, F J Estrada and R A Alonso. Genetic analysis of Mexican hairless pig populations. Journal of Animal Science. December 2001
- ^ Impacto Social Archived 2014-11-23 at archive.today (Text in spanish)
- ^ Wilbert Trejo Lizama (2005). Strategies to Improve the Use of Limited Nutrient Resources in Pig Production in the Tropics. kassel university press GmbH. pp. 6–8. ISBN 978-3-89958-187-4.
- ^ "Cerdo pelón será cochinita pibil enlatada – Revista Yucatán – Asómate a la península…" (in European Spanish). 16 June 2010. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ^ a b Ansede, Manuel (2016-08-09). "Saving the Spanish pigs that went to the Americas with Columbus". El País. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ^ Vásquez, Sierra & Canul Solís, M & Cen Aguilar, F & Rodriguez Canul, Rossanna & Delgado, J.V. & Martinez, Amparo. (2003). "THE MEXICAN HAIRLESS PIG: PROGRAMME OF GENETIC CONSERVATION OF AN ENDANGERED BREED EL CERDO PELÓN MEXICANO: PROGRAMA DE CONSERVACIÓN GENÉTICA DE UNA". Zootecnica. 52: 279–284 – via Researchgate.
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