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Australian Yorkshire pig
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Australian Yorkshire pig

Place of Origin Australia
Origin The Australian Yorkshire is a breed of domestic pig from Australia that was originally a part of the Yorkshire breed of pigs from Yorkshire, England. It is the most "dominant breed [of pig] in Australia".
Purpose Meat
Characteristics The breed is a big white-skinned pig, with erect ears and a dished face.
Other Considerations Marketing
The breed is marketed globally, with special modifications being made for the Asian market. In Singapore, a branch of the major Australian Yorkshire supplier named Australian Pork Limited was opened to cater to consumers in the country. The pigs sold in Singapore were fed barley grains and soy beans, rather than whey powder, as the latter "gives the meat a milky taste that Singaporeans don't take well to".

Breeding
In 2001, a study was conducted at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences of South Vietnam in Bihn Thang that compared the Australian Yorkshire and the Duroc to common Vietnamese pigs. It concluded that the pigs breeds of Australian manufacture had "significant advantage over Vietnamese breeds in growth, efficiency and carcass lean and in littering performance".
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