Casertana pig
A nearly hairless Italian pig with distinctive throat wattles.
The Casertana is a breed of domestic pig from Campania, in southern Italy, mainly associated with the province of Caserta. It is virtually or totally hairless, a trait that gives it the alternative name Pelatella, and has two wattles hanging from the lower part of the throat. It is one of the six autochthonous pig breeds recognised by the Italian ministry of agriculture and forestry.
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History
The Casertana was once numerous and widely distributed in Italy; a 1942 census recorded over 50,000 head in the province of Caserta alone. Numbers fell sharply in the second part of the twentieth century, bringing the breed close to extinction. A herdbook was established in 2001, kept by the Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Suini. The population remained low, with 594 pigs at the end of 2007 and 403 at the end of 2012, and the FAO listed its conservation status as critical.
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