It is the third most numerous pig breed in Italy, after the Large White Italiana and the Italian Landrace.
[1] It is one of the seven pig breeds of foreign origin recognised by the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture and forestry, and one of the four for which a genealogical herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Suini, the Italian national association of pig-breeders.
[1] The Duroc Italiana is a large pig with grey skin and reddish hair.
For pigs to be brought to high finished weights standing on concrete floors, very strong limbs are desirable.
[1] The Duroc Italiana is used mostly to sire the crossbred "Italian heavy pigs" used to make prosciutto crudo and other salumi.