Evolución y funcionamiento del programa de conservación de la raza porcina vasca

Abstract

In 1981 this race of pigs was found to be in a «critical situation». A simple conservation plan managed to avoid its complete extinction. In 1987 a spiced pork salesman from Aldudes marketed the race, thus managing to maintain it in «danger of extinction». From 1994, thanks to the national program of management of genetic resources and to a local economic development plan, the race is now going toward a zone of «no danger». The technique used based on an analysis of genealogies has allowed us to stabilize an increase in consanguinity and create an official genealogical register.