allonlinenovel Chapter 365: Chinese native pigs, a glorious past
Chapter 365: Chinese native pigs, a glorious past
"Please look, everyone." Gu Chang said with a smile as he looked at the people in the audience with different expressions.
At this moment, some people in the audience looked confused, some were shocked, but without exception, they all focused their eyes on the big screen in front of them.
A video began to play on the big screen. This video was obviously shot in a herd of pigs. In the video, a group of half-grown piglets were happily foraging in the orchard.
Under their feet were all kinds of wild grasses suitable for pigs to eat, and occasionally some fallen fruits.
There are about twenty piglets in this group, all of them are the Hexi pigs that we showed you in the previous pictures!
Seeing this, many professors in the audience, like Wang Linghai, widened their eyes and stood up in disbelief!
After all, many of the people present are top figures in the industry. They can tell at a glance from the video that these piglets are indeed what Gu Chang just showed in the picture - Hexi pigs!
This video clearly shows an astonishing fact - that is, the Hexi pig, which has long been extinct in the world, actually survives in this world!
"Are these Hexi pigs in your pig farm?" Wang Linghai asked with a trembling voice, unable to suppress his inner excitement.
"Yes, teacher, there are twenty in total, and we have raised them for several months now." Gu Chang replied with a smile.
Wang Linghai and several professors around him looked at each other, and each of them showed uncontrollable excitement, shock and disbelief on their faces!
You know, this is a native pig breed that has been extinct for many years, but now it has miraculously reappeared before the world!
At this moment, Gu Chang, who was standing in the middle of the lecture hall, suddenly heard a system prompt sound in his mind.
"Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the phased mission..."
Gu Chang couldn't help but be stunned, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: Hey, I didn't expect there would be an unexpected surprise!
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After confirming that the extinct Hexi pig had really reappeared in the world, Gu Chang was surrounded by the professors in the school!
"Hey, Xiao Chang, Xiao Chang, tell me quickly, where did you find this Hexi pig..."
"Incredible! It's been extinct for so many years. How did you dig it out?"
"Xiao Chang, Xiao Chang, what are the characteristics of the Hexi pig? Does it have any special advantages in breeding?"
"Yes, yes, this is the most important thing..."
"..."
Several professors surrounded Gu Chang and talked at once, and everyone's face was filled with excitement and excitement!
This is not surprising, after all, there is a reason why these professors are so excited.
You know, throughout the long course of history, my country's native pig breeds have had a profound and significant impact on the world's pig industry. It can be said that they have made outstanding achievements and huge contributions!
To this day, the breeding processes of many famous pig breeds in the world are more or less closely related to Chinese pig breeds.
For example, the famous Roman pig in ancient Europe was finally formed after the pig breed was introduced from Guangdong area of China, and then it was continuously bred and improved.
As recorded in the Encyclopedia Britannica: "The Roman Empire introduced Chinese pig breeds to improve their existing pig breeds and bred Roman pigs."
This passage briefly explains the origin of Roman pigs and the important role played by Chinese pig breeds in it.
Similarly, the United Kingdom also introduced Chinese pig breeds and bred the Yorkshire pigs and Berkshire pigs, which are very important in today's modern pig farming industry.
In the early eighteenth century in Britain, Chinese South China pigs were introduced on a large scale to improve the shortcomings of British domestic pigs, such as their thick bones and rough meat.
After careful selection and breeding, a superior breed called "Berkshire Pig" came into being and quickly became one of the main pig breeds in rural Britain at that time.
Because of its origins in China, this kind of pig is often affectionately called the "Big China Pig" by the British.
The British are so fond of this new breed of pig that they even set up the "Berkshire Pig Breeding Association" to further promote its breeding and development.
Darwin also mentioned in his book "The Origin of Species": "The Chinese have taken great care in raising pigs. The pigs they raise show remarkable characteristics that are highly cultivated and are of great value in improving our European pig breeds."
Time passed quickly, and in 1816, Berkshire pigs traveled across the ocean to the United States and mated with local pig breeds, successfully creating new breeds such as Polish pigs and White pigs.
This series of changes fully proves that the vigorous development of ancient my country's pig farming industry has had a profound and significant impact on the evolution of the global pig farming industry.
Regrettably, however, after just three decades, my country's native pigs gradually lost the competition with these foreign pig breeds, faced a severe survival crisis, and almost lost their foothold.