Pomarancina

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Pomarancina
Country of origin Italy
Traits
Weight Male: 60–75 kg
  Female: 55–65 kg
Wool color white
Face color white
Sheep
Ovis aries


The Pomarancina is a breed of domestic sheep from Tuscany in central Italy.[1] It is raised mainly in the comune of Pomarance, from which it takes its name, and in the neighbouring comuni of Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, Montecatini Val di Cecina and Volterra, all in the province of Pisa;[2] some are kept in other parts of Tuscany, in the provinces of Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca and Siena.[3] 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.[4]


In 2013 total numbers for the breed were 1727.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Breed data sheet: Pomarancina/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. p. 262–263.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Consistenze Provinciali della Razza G7 POMARANCINA Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale dell Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.
  4. ↑ 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. 68. Accessed September 2013.
Sheep breeds of Italy
  • These are the principal sheep breeds considered in Italy to be wholly or partly of Italian origin.
    Many have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Italian.



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