Cilentana Grigia

Cilentana Grigia

Conservation status	FAO (2007): endangered[1]
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	province of Salerno
Standard	MIPAAF
Use	milk, also meat[2]
Traits
Weight	Male: 70 kg[3] Female: 50 kg[3]
Height	Male: 77 cm[3] Female: 70 cm[3]
Skin colour	grey to black
Coat	grey
Face color	grey
Horn status	about 50% are horned[4]
Beard	males bearded, females 80% bearded[4]
Tassels	60% with tassels[4]
Goat Capra aegagrus hircus

The Cilentana Grigia is an Italian breed of domestic goat indigenous to the province of Salerno, in Campania in southern Italy.[5] It takes its name from the geographical region of the Cilento – much of which is today within the Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni – and is raised mainly in that area, but also in the Monti Alburni and the Monti Picentini.[2] It is one of three indigenous goat breeds in the Cilento, the others being the Cilentana Fulva and the Cilentana Nera. The Cilentana Grigia is found on lower ground and richer pasture than the Cilentana Nera, and is raised mainly for milk. The origins of the breed are obscure; it shows the influence of the Maltese and Garganica breeds, and similarities to other Italian grey breeds such as the Ciociara Grigia of Lazio and the Argentata dell'Etna from Sicily.[2]

The Cilentana Grigia is one of the forty-three autochthonous Italian goat breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders.[6][7] In 2008, 768 head were registered; at the end of 2013 the registered population was 134.[8]

References

1. Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (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: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed June 2014.
2. Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 350–51.
3. Lorenzo Noè, Alessandro Gaviraghi, Andrea D'Angelo, Adriana Bonanno, Adriana Di Trana, Lucia Sepe, Salvatore Claps, Giovanni Annicchiarico, Nicola Bacciu (2005). Le razze caprine d'Italia (in Italian); in: Giuseppe Pulina (2005). L' alimentazione della capra da latte. Bologna: Avenue Media. ISBN 9788886817493. p. 381–435. Archived 5 October 2014.
4. Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Cilentana Grigia": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed June 2014.
5. Breed data sheet: Cilentana Grigia/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
6. Strutture Zootecniche (Dec. 2009/712/CE - Allegato 2 - Capitolo 2) (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Section I (e). Archived 4 May 2014.
7. 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. 94. Accessed June 2014.
8. Consistenze Provinciali della Razza L4 Cilentana Grigia Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.