Bagnolese

Bagnolese

Conservation status	FAO (2007): endangered-maintained[1]: 68
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	province of Avellino province of Benevento province of Salerno
Standard	MIPAAF
Use	dual-purpose, milk and meat
Traits
Weight	Male: 90 kg Female: 68 kg
Skin colour	unpigmented[2]
Wool colour	white
Face colour	mottled
Horn status	males often horned
Sheep Ovis aries

The Bagnolese is an Italian breed of domestic sheep from the area surrounding Bagnoli Irpino in the province of Avellino, in Campania in southern Italy.[3] It takes its name from that of the town. It is raised principally in Irpinia, in the Monti Picentini, in the Monti Alburni, in the Piana del Sele and in the Vallo di Diano.[4]: 184 [5]: 43  It probably derives from the Barbaresca breed,[4]: 184  and may also have been influenced by the Comisana.[3] It is one of the forty-two autochthonous local sheep breeds of limited distribution for which a herd-book is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.[5]: 43 

In 2013 total numbers for the breed were 13538.[6]

References

1. Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
2. Norme tecniche della popolazione ovina “Bagnolese”: standard della razza (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali. Accessed May 2014.
3. Breed data sheet: Bagnolese/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
4. Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594.
5. Le razze ovine e caprine in Italia (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Ufficio centrale libri genealogici e registri anagrafici razze ovine e caprine. Accessed September 2013.
6. Consistenze Provinciali della Razza 79 Bagnolese Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.