Sushan Pig (苏山猪)
The Sushan pig, or Su Shan Zhu, is a Chinese pig breed developed in Jiangsu from native and improved pig resources. It is usually described as a modern composite or cultivated breed rather than an ancient landrace. The breeding goal has been to combine useful traits such as prolificacy, adaptation, growth, and carcass quality while retaining value from Chinese pig genetics.
Sushan pigs are most relevant to farms and breeding programs that want a documented Chinese production breed. They need the same careful swine management as other productive pigs: clean housing, balanced rations, farrowing support, and disease control. Breeders should track litter size, piglet survival, growth, and body condition, because composite breeds can drift if selection is not disciplined. Buyers should ask for herd origin rather than relying only on the Chinese name.
