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Berkshire Standard
The
Standard of Excellence shall be used in the light of known requirements
of the bacon and pork trade.
All efforts to appraise the relative merits of pigs shall be made
against a background of the killing out value of the animal at the
correct weight and age. The failure of an animal to reach the Standard
of Excellence in some of the breed characteristics shall not outweigh
its obvious value from a carcass point of view.
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CHARACTER
AND BREED TYPE: A combination of the following definitions
denoting type, breeding and masculinity in the case of boars and femininity
in the case of sows and gilts.
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Points |
HEAD:
Fine , medium length, face slightly dished, snout broad, jowl light,
wide between the eyes and ears. ears should be fairly large, tcarried
erectand slightly inclined foreward and fringed with fine hair.
Objection: Excessively floppy ears.
Strong objection: Crooked jaw, undershot jaw.
Neck: Moderate length, free of crest, proportionately
and evenly set to give smooth coupling with head and chest.
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20 |
CHEST:
Moderately wide between front legs with capacity derived from width
and length rather than depth.
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5 |
SHOULDERS:
Level, light in proportion to body, medium width, free from coarseness
and blending with rest of body. Allowance should be made for shield
of aged boars.
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10 |
BACK:
Long, level and wide from neck to rump.
LOIN: Broad, full and strong, blending in with line
of sides.
RIBS: Well sprung.
SIDES: Long even and well let down to flank.
FLANK: Thick, and well let down.
BELLY: Full, but not flabby, with straight underline.
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25 |
RUMP:
Long and wide.
HAMS: Broad, full and deep to hock.
TAIL: Set high, strong and long but not course with
a natural curl and with a tassel of fine hair.
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15 |
TEATS
and TESTICLES: At least 12 evenly spaced teats set well forward
with a minimum of 6 a side for each sex. It is desirable that boars
have 3 pairs in front of the sheath. Testicles well developed and
low set in the crutch. Dummy teats and inverted nipples to be considered
a strong objection in both sexes. Any sow that has had one litter
or more and still has inverted nipples to be disqualified in the Show
ring.
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10 |
LEGS:
Straight and well set, Level with the outside of the body, with flat
bone. Badly in-bent knees and crooked legs are strong objections.
PASTERNS: Short and springy.
FEET: Strong, closed and even.
ACTION: Firm and free.
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10 |
SKIN:
COLOUR and COAT: Black and white on face, feet and tip of
tail, skin fine and free from wrinkles. Hair long fine and plentiful
with absence of mane, especially in females. Rose on back undesirable
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DISQUALIFICATION:
Less than 6 evenly spaced sound teats on either side . It is recommended
to Judges that pigs with obvious deviations from the Standard of Excellence
should not be awarded a first prize
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Total |
100 |
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