In some confidence Abrahamic religions, pigs should not to be touched (unclean) and is considered haram to eat. Examples are as written in the holy book of Islam Koran. Pigs are also forbidden to be consumed in Judaism and Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Christian religion.
Pig has actually bred and consumed for thousands of years by the Europeans and Asians mostly. Pigs are common foods in the archipelago before the arrival of Islam from the Middle East. Some tribes in Indonesia who are still running the original tradition in addition to Chinese-Indonesian tribe still consume pork as everyday foods, such as tribal Bali, Toraja, Papua, Batak, Manado, etc. In the Java community, pigs are called boars and also a common farm animals before the spread of Islam which forbids pork in the archipelago.
Pigs types that currently exist are very diverse. An assortment of pigs, ranging from the original local or imported from foreign countries in Indonesia. Pig farm in Indonesia is one of the opportunities that have good prospects livestock. This is because the pig is a breed of cattle that can be quickly, easily adapts to the environment, do not require large tracts of land, way easy maintenance, as well as the cost of infestations that are used are also relatively inexpensive. Marketing pigs also quite easy, either in the form of live animals or in the form of meat cuts. Pig farms, including one export commodity that was in great demand in foreign countries. According to its origin pigs in Indonesia is divided into two types of pigs, the local pork and pork from abroad.
Types and Characteristics of Pigs
Local pig
Is a kind of pig that has been raised by the community for generations, possibly derived from a wild pig crossed with other pigs. Here are some types of local pigs and their characteristics
1. swine sumba a pig with black (sometimes red-black), have a physical form resembling a boar, but the body is short, have formed an oval head, pointed snout, small ears stand. When pigs sumba properly maintained, it will be able to achieve the optimum weight around 70-80kg at the age of 10 months.
2. pork bali has a characteristic black with the white on the belly area, chest, and sometimes there is also a white color at the base of pigs. Bali pig small body shape with an average weight of about 60kg for adult pigs and 90 kg in the old pig. Small head shape, medium length, body in, ears standing. In this type of pig memilliki specific characteristics, namely the back and abdomen tapering down to the bottom.
In addition to the pigs mentioned above, there are several other types of local pork that is currently growing at a pig farm in Indonesia. Pigs are crosses of various types, such as Tapanuli Pig, pig Papua, Falkirk Pig, Pig Nias. The pig is not a wild boar, but once imported from outside Indonesia, and then having a cross with other pigs.
Type Pigs originating from abroad
At this time there are a few pigs originating from abroad and quite well-known, some of which are:
1. Landrace has a characteristic white color (sometimes with black spots on the skin), long body with thighs like a rectangular formation, leg length is relatively short, although the magnitude of the ear are some that have big ears even to fall.
2.Yorkshire
Pig is outside the characteristic white, sometimes with black spots on the skin, the face of a little pig wide, erect ears and toward the front.
3. Duroc
red to brown with variations. Ear leaves of medium size, rather fall forward by two-thirds and one-third straight erect ears.
4.Hampshire
Have special features black, white colors such as scarves are sized shoulders and front legs are also included. Notching feet long and not too deep pig body
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