Jiangkou Radish Pig

Jiangkou Radish Pig

The Jiangkou Radish Pig is a protected geographical indication product.

The Jiangkou Radish Pig is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　The Jiangkou Radish Pig is a specialty of Jiangkou County in Tongren City, Guizhou Province. The development of the "Jiangkou Radish Pig" spans several centuries. These pigs are renowned for their thin skin, tender meat, and delicious flavor, and are known far and wide. They are called Radish Pigs because of their radish-like shape and their inability to grow very large. The Jiangkou Radish Pig has been awarded a National Geographical Indication Certification Trademark.

　　The Jiangkou Radish Pig is also known as the "Drill Head." This breed is a unique variety formed through artificial selection and breeding, as well as natural selection, by the people of Jiangkou County during their long history of pastoral raising. It features a small stature, strong tolerance to coarse feed, and high resistance. The meat of the Radish Pig is prized for its thin skin, fine bones, tender texture, and delicious taste. Both its appearance and meat quality closely resemble that of a white radish, hence its name. The Radish Pig is mainly produced in Taoying Township and Banpan Township in Jiangkou County at the foot of Mount Fanjing, and is therefore also referred to as the Fanjing Mountain Radish Pig.

　　The development of the Jiangkou Radish Pig has spanned several centuries, with the earliest written records dating back to 1959. In 1983, it was included in the "Guizhou Province Breed Register" and the "Guizhou Province Livestock and Poultry Breed Resource Protection List," and in 2003, it was listed in the "Chinese Domestic Livestock and Poultry Local Breed Resource Atlas." It is considered a premium local meat pig across the province and is highly favored by consumers.

　　The Jiangkou Radish Pig is relatively small in size, with a moderately sized head, a long and pointed snout — locally referred to as a "drill head" — and 2–3 horizontal wrinkles on the forehead. Its ears are of moderate size and droop slightly. Its back is straight and somewhat narrow, its rump is sloped, its thighs are lean, and its belly is spacious but not overly sagging. Its limbs are short, slender, and sturdy, with good posture, and its hind legs are slightly higher than its front legs. Adult boars weigh around 81.5 kilograms, while sows weigh about 44.1 kilograms. Multiparous sows typically give birth to 6–7 piglets per litter. During the fattening period, the daily weight gain is 240 grams, the slaughter rate is 65.2%, the backfat thickness is 3.4 centimeters, the eye muscle area is 12.7 square centimeters, and the lean meat ratio is 35.3%.

　　Currently, the stock and slaughter numbers of the Jiangkou Radish Pig in Jiangkou County have both exceeded 100,000 head.

　　In 2013, the "Jiangkou Radish Pig" was recognized by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce as a China National Geographical Indication Certification Trademark.

　　Jiangkou Radish Pig

　　Jiangkou County Animal Husbandry Technology Extension Station

　　11000224

　　Pork