Istriana goat

Istriana
Conservation statusFAO (2007): critical[1]
Country of originItaly
DistributionProvince of Gorizia
StandardMIPAAF
Usemeat, milk[2]
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    55 kg[3]
  • Female:
    50 kg[4]
Height
  • Male:
    65 cm[3]
  • Female:
    60 cm[4]
Coatwhite
Beardusually bearded
Notes
ears are pointed and erect; crop-eared mutations are seen
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus

The Istriana is an endangered breed of domestic goat indigenous to Istria and the Karst regions of the northern Adriatic, from north-east Italy to Croatia and Slovenia. A population of about 100 head was documented in the Italian province of Gorizia in the 1980s; there is no more recent data.[2] In Croatia, where raising any goat not of the Swiss Saanen breed was illegal in the 1940s and 1950s, it has largely disappeared; a study is under way to establish whether it may be recoverable.[5]

In Italy the Istriana is one of the forty-three autochthonous 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] No numbers have been recorded in the herd-book for many years;[8] however, a population of 80 was reported to DAD-IS in 2005.[3] Its conservation status in Italy was listed as "critical" by the FAO in 2007.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 367–68.
  3. ^ a b c Breed data sheet: Istriana/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2014.
  4. ^ a b Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Istriana": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed July 2014.
  5. ^ Tutela della capra in Istria (in Italian). Agencija za ruralni razvoj Istre. Accessed July 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. 100. Accessed July 2014.
  8. ^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza M8 Istriana Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed July 2014.
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