RENEWED INTEREST FOR THE OLD LOCAL SWINE GASCON BREED

The gascon swine breed has been in south west of France for several ce nturies. It is a middle-sized black animal, with horizontal ears. Its slow growth parameters and its adiposity led to an inadaptation to ind ustrial productions that took place during the last decades. The breed was becoming extinct at the beginning of the eighties, but a rescue p lan was set up. Then a research and development program was built for a better knowledge of its zootechnical and technological possibilities in high quality dried delicatessen.