Baudin pig

The Baudin Pig is a landrace of domestic pig, found on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The first pigs were released on the island in the 1800s. Over 200 years the pigs developed in isolation from other pig species. All the wild Baudin pigs on the island were killed in the Kangaroo Island bushfires in 2007. Four Baudin pigs survived at a farm for rare breeds on the island.

The pig is named after Nicolas Baudin, a French explorer who is claimed to have brought them to Kangaroo Island. Westran Pigs are an inbred form of the breed and crossed with the large white pig. These are used in medical research, particularly for xenotransplantation.

References

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  3. ↑ "Once they're gone, they're gone forever". School of Journalism, University of Canberra. 21 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  4. ↑ O'Connell, Philip J.; Hawthorne, Wayne J.; Simond, Denbigh; Chapman, Jeremy R.; Chen, Yizhou; Patel, Anita T.; Walters, Stacey N.; Burgess, Jane; Weston, Lyanne; Stokes, Rebecca A.; Moran, Chris; Allen, Richard (July 2005). "Genetic and functional evaluation of the level of inbreeding of the Westran pig: a herd with potential for use in xenotransplantation". Xenotransplantation. 12 (4): 308–315. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2005.00230.x.