German Pigs

German Landrace (DL)

Breed's Advantages:

• high and stable fertility and rearing performance
• vigorous health: resilient, stress-resistant and long-living
• intensive growth up to high finishing weights with 125 kg
• high-quality carcass and meat character
• ideal to use as maternal line

The German Landrace is a large framed and fast growing pig with excellent body length and sound muscularity. Characteristic are accurate and solid feet and legs, the firm back and the expressive slightly dished head with mid-sized droop ears. The udder has at least 7/7 functional and well-formed teats. Skin and hair coat are unicolored white.

Performance:
piglets born alive (/litter)	>10,7
piglets weaned (/litter)	>10,1
functional teats (pcs.)	min. 7/7
daily gains (g/day)	>974
feed conversion (1:	<2,57
carcass length (cm)	>101
loin area (m. long. dorsi, cm2)	>44,8
meat to fat ratio (1:)	<0,39
lean meat content (%)	>56,5
meat character (OPTO)	68

German Large White (DE)

Breed's Advantages:

• high and stable fertility and rearing performance
• vigorous health: resilient, stress-resistant and long-living
• intensive growth up to high finishing weights with 125 kg
• high-quality carcass and meat character
• ideal to use as maternal line

The German Large White is a large framed and fast growing pig with sufficient body length, long deep rump and sound muscularity. Characteristic are accurate and solid feet and legs, the firm back and the expressive slightly dished head with mid-sized erect ears. The udder has at least 7/7 functional and well-formed teats. Skin and hair coat are unicoloured white.

Performance:
piglets born alive (/litter)	>10,3
piglets weaned (/litter)	>9,9
functional teats (pcs.)	min. 7/7
daily gains (g/day)	>1.000
feed conversion (1:)	<2,66
carcass length (cm)	>103
loin area (m. long. dorsi, cm2)	>42,0
meat to fat ratio (1:)	<0,46
lean meat content (%)	>55,7
meat character (OPTO)	67

German Pietrain

Breed's Advantages:

• outstanding meatiness
• extremely bulgy hams
• nominal formation of fat
• intensive growth up to high finishing weights with 120 kg
• high-quality carcass and meat character
• ideal to use as paternal line

The German Piétrain is a medium framed and fast growing meat-pig with sufficient body length and extremely bulgy and muscular hams, broad along the back and dry belly. Characteristic are accurate and solid feet and legs, the firm back and the expressive slightly dished dry head with mid-sized erect ears. The udder has at least 6/6 functional and well-formed teats. Skin and hair coat are white with black spots.

Performance:
piglets born alive (/litter)	>10,5
piglets weaned (/litter)	>9,6
functional teats (pcs.)	min. 6/6
daily gains (g/day)	>804
feed conversion (1:)	<2,39
carcass length (cm)	>95
loin area (m. long. dorsi, cm2)	>59,7
meat to fat ratio (1:)	<0,18
lean meat content (%)	>64,5
meat character (OPTO)	61

German Duroc

Breed's Advantages:

• high fattening performance
• intensive growth up to high finishing weights with 125 kg
• exquisite meat character
• solid and stress-resistant
• excellent maternal instinct
• universal use as maternal or paternal line

The German Duroc is a large framed and fast growing pig with sufficient body length, deep prominent muscularity and a broad back. Characteristic are accurate and solid feet and legs, the firm back and the expressive slightly dished head with short droop ears. The udder has at least 6/6 functional and well-formed teats. The dark skin is coated from a strong piebald red hair.

Performance:
piglets born alive (/litter)	>11,7
piglets weaned (/litter)	>11,0
functional teats (pcs.)	min. 6/6
daily gains (g/day)	>914
feed conversion (1:)	<2,53
carcass length (cm)	>98
loin area (m. long. dorsi, cm2)	>43,2
meat to fat ratio (1:)	<0,36
lean meat content (%)	>57,7
meat character (OPTO)	71