![]() For the improvement of the breed The National Society of Fat-Type Hog Breeders (Mangalicatenyésztők Országos Egyesülete) was established in 1927. The new quickly-growing “fat-type” hog did not require any special care, so it became very popular in Hungary. The development took place in Hungary in the early 19th century. The breed was developed from older hardy types of Hungarian pig (Bakonyi and Szalontai) crossed with the Šumadija breed of Serbian origin (1833) (and later others like Alföldi or Croatian Šiška and Syrmien). Serbian language reformer Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, gave the breed its name Mangalica, which describes it as a ‘hog with a lot of lard’. It belongs to European unimproved lard-type breeds (as well as Iberian Black, Sicilian Black, and Alentejana pigs) that are descended directly from wild boar populations. Mangalitsa is a breed of pig grown especially in Hungary and the Balkans known also as a curly-hair hog.
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