Garfagnina Bianca

Garfagnina Bianca
Conservation statusFAO (2007): critical-maintained[1]
Country of originItaly
DistributionGarfagnana, Tuscany
StandardMIPAAF
Usedual-purpose, milk and meat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    50–55 kg[2]
  • Female:
    40–45 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    65–70 cm[2]
  • Female:
    60–65 cm[2]
Wool colorwhite
Face colorwhite
Horn statushorned in both sexes

The Garfagnina Bianca is a breed of small domestic sheep from the historic area of the Garfagnana, the mountainous northern part of the province of Lucca, in Tuscany in central Italy.[3][4] It shares common origins with the Cornella Bianca, Massese and Zerasca.[5][6] 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.[6]

Breed numbers declined drastically in the second half of the twentieth century. In 1961 there were more than 50,000, distributed over much of central Italy; a census in 1983 identified fewer than 50 pure-bred specimens. In 2013 total numbers for the breed were 356.[7]

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 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Norme tecniche della popolazione ovina “Garfagnina Bianca”: standard della razza (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali. Accessed May 2014.
  3. ^ Breed data sheet: Garfagnina Bianca. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
  4. ^ Daniele Bigi (2007). Razze zootecniche in pericolo di estinzione: la pecora Garfagnina Bianca (in Italian). Vita in campagna 2007 (10): 49.
  5. ^ Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. pp. 224–25.
  6. ^ a b 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. 58. Accessed September 2013.
  7. ^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza G2 Garfagnina Bianca Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.


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