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Breed Origin Height Weight Color Image Aksai Black Pied: Kazakhstan: 167–182 cm: 240–320 kg (530–710 lb) Black and White--- American Yorkshire: United States
This is a list of pig breeds usually considered to originate or have developed in Canada and the United States. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.
This category contains articles about pig breeds (only domestic pigs). Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. ...
Pigs may refer to members of the domestic pig species Sus domesticus; the Sus genus that includes wild and domestic pigs; or the family Suidae that contains Sus. Lists of pigs include: List of pig breeds; List of suines, species in the suborder Suina, which includes Suidae and Tayassuidae; List of individual pigs; List of fictional pigs
The first person to breed for the Hereford color pattern in pigs – and the first to describe it – was R.U. Weber of LaPlata, Missouri. [4]: 611 From about 1902 until 1925 a number of farmers in Nebraska and Iowa, among them John Schulte of Norway, Iowa, collaborated in the selection of pigs with this coloration.
These lists of breeds refer to listed breeds of domesticated animals. ... List of guinea pig breeds: Honey bee ... Lists of breeds; List of animal names; Biodiversity;
Kune Kune pigs are prized on small farms for multiple reasons. The first is their relatively small size and docile nature , which makes them an easy pig for hobby farmers or even children to handle.
It is believed to be one of the oldest British breeds of pig. [4] It has been known by many names, among them the Axford, the Old Oxford, the Oxford Forest Pig, the Plum Pudding Pig and the Sandy Oxford. [5]: 70 Like the Blue Albion breed of cattle, it became extinct in the 1960s or 1970s, and was subsequently re-created. [1]: xxviii