Braunes Bergschaf

Braunes Bergschaf

Other names	Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf (Italy) Pecora nera-bruna
Country of origin	Austria Italy
Distribution	Austria Germany Italy Switzerland
Use	dual-purpose, meat and wool
Traits
Weight	Male: 80–100 kg Female: 60–70 kg
Wool colour	black or brown
Face colour	black or brown
Sheep Ovis aries

The Braunes Bergschaf is a breed of domestic sheep from the Tyrol area of Austria and Italy.[1]: 278 [2] It derives from cross-breeding of the Tiroler Steinschaf of the Tyrol with the Italian Bergamasca and Padovana breeds. It is raised in the Austrian states of Lower Austria, Salzburg, Styria and Tyrol;[2] in the Vinschgau, Ultental, Passeiertal and Schnalstal in the autonomous province of Bolzano in Italy;[3]: 75 [4] in the Swiss Engadine;[1]: 278  and in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.[5]

In Italy the Braunes Bergschaf is known as the "Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf", while the Swiss Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf is in Italy called 'Juraschaf'. It is one of the forty-two autochthonous local sheep breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.[3]: 75 

Numbers were reported to be 3698 to 5000 in Austria in 2012,[2] 1564 in Germany in 2011[5] and 2850 in Italy in 2008.[1]: 278 [4]

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References

1. Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594.
2. Breed data sheet: Braunes Bergschaf/Austria. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
3. Le razze ovine e caprine in Italia (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Ufficio centrale libri genealogici e registri anagrafici razze ovine e caprine. p. 75. Accessed September 2013.
4. Breed data sheet: Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
5. Breed data sheet: Braunes Bergschaf/Germany. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.