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The Pig: Past, Present, and Future

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The evolution and domestication of the pig has been described in several books (Towne and Wentworth 1950; Mellen 1952; Briggs 1969; Mason 1969), and the student interested in a detailed account of this fascinating story is referred to them. Recorded domestication appears in Biblical accounts as early as 2000 B.C. Despite some ancient cultural and religious taboos forbidding the consumption of pork, the domestication of the pig as a source of human food has persisted, and the continued increases in numbers of swine throughout the world up to the present time provide evidence of the contribution of the pig to human nutrition through the ages.

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  1. United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas, USA

    Wilson G. Pond

  2. Winrock International, Morrilton, Arkansas, USA

    Jerome H. Maner

  3. United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Roman L. Hruska United States Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska, USA

    Dewey L. Harris

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Pond, W.G., Maner, J.H., Harris, D.L. (1991). The Pig: Past, Present, and Future. In: Pork Production Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3932-2_1

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