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Spotted swine

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Spotted swine breed that is predominantly black with many white spots. Except for its additional white coloring, it is much like the Poland China swine , which together with Gloucester Old Spot hogs forms the foundation stock of Spotted swine.

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