Alpagota
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): not at risk[1] |
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| Country of origin | Italy |
| Distribution |
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| Standard | MIPAAF |
| Use | triple-purpose, principally for meat |
| Traits | |
| Weight | Male: 52 kg[2] |
| Female: 42 kg[2] | |
| Height | Male: 67 cm[2] |
| Female: 57 cm[2] | |
| Skin color | pink |
| Wool color | white |
| Face color | white with brown or black mottling |
| Horn status | hornless in both sexes |
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The Alpagota is a breed of sheep from the province of Belluno in the Veneto, in north-eastern Italy.[2] It is particularly associated with the historic region of the Alpago, from which it takes its name and which coincides with the area of the modern comuni of Chies d'Alpago, Farra d'Alpago, Pieve d'Alpago, Puos d'Alpago and Tambre, and is raised principally in that area.[3] Some are raised in the neighbouring provinces of Padova, Pordenone and Treviso. The origins of the Alpagota are unknown;[4] it probably shares a common origin with the Lamon breed from the Feltrino, the area around Feltre.[5] 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 total numbers for the breed were 3363.[6]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Breed data sheet: Alpagota/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. 41–42. Accessed September 2013.
- ↑ J. Errante, L.A. Brambilla, M. Corti, E. Pastore, R. Leonarduzzi (2006). Le razze ovine autoctone a rischio del Valle d'Aosta, Lombardia, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia (in Italian). Associazione RARE. Accessed May 2014.
- ↑ Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 177–79.
- ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza F1 Alpagota Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.
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