The Taihu is a domestic breed of pig in which country?

The Chinese Taihu pig breeds are the most prolific breeds of swine in the world. They are distributed mainly in a narrow region with a mild sub‐tropical climate in the Taihu Lake region in the lower Yangtze River Valley of China. They are currently classified into six breeds (Meishan, Fengjing, Shawutou, Erhualian, Jiaxing Black and Mizhu). The breed is a large one, black in colour with a heavily wrinkled face. It has a large head with a broad forehead and large folded ears.

All the Taihu strains have a high rate of reproduction with litter sizes ranging up to twenty, but averaging fourteen live piglets. This characteristic, as well as their resistance to disease, has resulted in interest in the pigs for research into breeding and genetic engineering. Taihu pigs have been established in France, Albania, Hungary, Japan, the UK and the US.

144 pigs, mostly various strains of Taihu, but also some Minzhu, were brought into the US in 1989 under a United States Department of Agriculture scheme with the University of Illinois and Iowa State University.