Sciara sheep

Sciara

Conservation status	unknown
Other names	Moscia Calabrese
Country of origin	Italy
Traits
Weight	Male: 60–65 kg Female: 45–50 kg
Wool color	white
Face color	white
Notes
milk
Sheep Ovis aries

The Sciara or Moscia Calabrese is an indigenous breed of domestic sheep from the provinces of Catanzaro and Cosenza, in Calabria in southern Italy.[1][2] It is a hardy and frugal breed, well adapted to the poor and stony upland terrain of the area.[3] Sources from the early 20th century describe it as dark-coloured; according to the breed standard, it should be white.[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] the herdbook is empty.[4] The breed numbered about 15,000 in 1983. No numbers have been reported to DAD-IS or published since that date.[1][2]

References

1. Breed data sheet: Sciara/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. 282–283.
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. 76. Accessed September 2013.
4. Consistenze Provinciali della Razza R4 SCIARA (MOSCIA CALABRESE) Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.