American Yorkshire

American Yorkshire
large pink sow with suckling piglets
At the Oregon State Fair
Conservation status
Country of originUnited States
Traits
  • Pig
  • Sus domesticus
four pink pigs lying in mud
Wallowing in mud

The American Yorkshire is an American breed of large domestic pig. It is the most numerous pig breed in the United States.[3]: 14  It derives from pigs of the British Large White or Yorkshire breed imported from the United Kingdom or from Canada at various times from about 1830 to the mid-twentieth century.

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