Rosset sheep

Rosset

Country of origin	Italy
Traits
Weight	Male: 60–70 kg Female: 50–55 kg
Wool color	off-white
Face color	white with reddish markings, black tip to nose, black "spectacles"
Notes
triple-purpose: meat, milk and wool
Sheep Ovis aries

The Rosset is a breed of domestic sheep from the Valle d'Aosta in north-west Italy.[1] It is morphologically similar to the Savoiarda breed from Piemonte and to the Thônes et Marthod breed from Savoie; it may have been influenced also by the Blanc des Alpes and the Biellese.[2] 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]

In 2013 the total number recorded for the breed was 919.[4]

References

1. Breed data sheet: Rosset/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
2. Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. pp. 266–267.
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. 70. Accessed September 2013.
4. Consistenze Provinciali della Razza G9 ROSSET Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.