Cornigliese

Cornigliese
Conservation status FAO (2007): endangered[1]
Other names
  • Corniglio
  • Borgotarese
  • Mucca di Corniglio
Country of origin Italy
Distribution Emilia–Romagna
Standard MIPAAF
Use triple-purpose, milk, meat and wool
Traits
Weight Male: 100 kg[2]
  Female: 75 kg[2]
Height Male: 85 cm[2]
  Female: 75 cm[2]
Wool color white, sometimes spotted
Face color spotted or mottled
Sheep
Ovis aries


The Cornigliese or Corniglio is a breed of domestic sheep from the Apennines of the province of Parma, in Emilia–Romagna in central Italy.[3] It takes its name from the mountain town of Corniglio; it may also be called Borgotarese after the town of Borgo Val di Taro.[4] It is raised in the provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, Parma, Ravenna and Reggio Emilia.[5]

History

The Cornigliese breed was created in the mid-18th century by the Borboni of Parma by crossing Spanish merinos with the local Vissana breed to improve the quality of the wool; in the early 20th century, the weight was increased by intromission of Bergamasca blood.[5][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]

The conservation status of the breed was listed as "endangered" by the FAO in 2007.[1] In 2013 total numbers for the breed were 1582.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Norme tecniche della popolazione ovina “Cornigliese (Corniglio)”: standard della razza (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali. Accessed May 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Breed data sheet: Corniglio/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. 54. Accessed September 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 208–209.
  6. ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza 72 Corniglio Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.