Tsivilsk
The Tsivilsk pig is a Russian regional breed or strain associated with the Tsivilsk area in the Chuvash Republic. It is not widely known outside regional livestock references, so it should be described cautiously as a local production pig shaped for practical farm use. The breed's identity likely rests on adaptation, meat production, and performance in the conditions where it was developed.
Herds maintaining Tsivilsk pigs should document source, breeding families, and the traits that distinguish the line from other Russian white or crossbred pigs. Management needs are ordinary but exacting: clean housing, balanced feed, good footing, and protection from severe weather. Breeders should select for fertility, sound constitution, growth, and mothering. Outside its home region, any claim of Tsivilsk stock should be supported by reliable records rather than by color or body type alone.
Colors: Belted, Black, Black and White, Blonde, Brown, Cream, Ginger, Ginger and Black, Pied, Red, Red and Black, Sandy, Solid Black, Solid White, Spotted, Swallow Belly, White
