SwIne productIon In Italy and reSearch perSpectIveS for the local breedS
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Swine production in Italy is characteristically oriented towards typical meat products. In 2007, the Italian pig population was more than 9 million head (Italian Pig Breeders Association ANAS, 2008). Pig farms numbered around 101,000 in 2007 and over 80% were concentrated in the four northern Italian regions of Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna, Piemonte and Veneto (ISTAT, 2008). This is why the dairy producers and cereal cultivations are located in these areas. In Italy, pig farming developed in the 1960s in the Po valley, where all pig farms were annexed to dairy factories to utilize the whey produced from milk processing (to obtain typical Italian cheese, e.g. the renowned Parmesan) for feeding
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