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Breed origin: produced in Hainan Province, with the central production areas being Wenchang, Tunchang and Lingao counties. Breed description: The Wenchang pig has a medium to small body size, a small head, a short and brief snout, a broad forehead with inverted V-shaped wrinkles, small erect ears, a relatively plump body, a broad and slightly concave back, and a large drooping belly (but it rarely drags on the ground). The hindquarters are slightly sloped, with wrinkles at the hock joints. The coat over the whole body is more white than black. Starting from the head along the dorsal line to the root of the tail, there is a broad band of black skin and black hair, commonly known as the "black back stripe." The lower jaw, under the neck, chest, abdomen and all four limbs are white, and between the black and white areas there is a 3-5 cm wide

Breed origin: produced in Hainan Province, with the central production areas being Wenchang, Tunchang and Lingao counties.

Breed description: The Wenchang pig has a medium to small body size, a small head, a short and brief snout, a broad forehead with inverted V-shaped wrinkles, small erect ears, a relatively plump body, a broad and slightly concave back, and a large drooping belly (but it rarely drags on the ground). The hindquarters are slightly sloped, with wrinkles at the hock joints. The coat over the whole body is more white than black. Starting from the head along the dorsal line to the root of the tail, there is a broad band of black skin and black hair, commonly known as the "black back stripe." The lower jaw, under the neck, chest, abdomen and all four limbs are white, and between the black and white areas there is a 3-5 cm wide "halo band." In the center of the forehead there is a white triangular star. There are mostly 7 pairs of teats.

During the 13-73 kg body weight stage, the Wenchang pig has an average daily gain of 295 g, a dressing percentage of 69%, a carcass lean meat percentage of 38.52%, and a fat percentage of 42.31%. It reaches sexual maturity early and has medium reproductive capacity.

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