Lariana

Lariana
Conservation status FAO (2007): not at risk[1]
Other names Capra di Livo
Country of origin Italy
Distribution Province of Como
Standard MIPAAF
Use mainly meat[2]
Traits
Weight Male: 60 kg[2]
  Female: 45–50 kg[2]
Height Female: 72 cm[3]
Wool color very variable
Horn status horned or hornless
Goat
Capra aegagrus hircus

The Lariana or Capra di Livo is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from the province of Como, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It is raised in the Livo valley and throughout the western Lario; the two names of the breed derive from these places. It is of Alpine type and has highly variable characteristics.[2] Management is extensive: the animals are kept on alpine pasture from May to December, and brought under cover for the winter months.[4]

The Lariana is one of the forty-three autochthonous Italian goat breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders.[5][6] At the end of 2013 the registered population was variously reported as 2777[7] and as 3091.[8] A breed named Val di Livo, from the same area and with the same characteristics, is also separately reported to DAD-IS;[9] it was listed by the FAO in 2007 as extinct.[1]

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 June 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 336–37.
  3. ↑ Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Lariana o di Livo": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed June 2014.
  4. ↑ Lorenzo Noè, Alessandro Gaviraghi, Andrea D'Angelo, Adriana Bonanno, Adriana Di Trana, Lucia Sepe, Salvatore Claps, Giovanni Annicchiarico, Nicola Bacciu (2005). Le razze caprine d'Italia (in Italian); in: Giuseppe Pulina (2005). L' alimentazione della capra da latte. Bologna: Avenue Media. ISBN 9788886817493. p. 381–435.
  5. ↑ Strutture Zootecniche (Dec. 2009/712/CE - Allegato 2 - Capitolo 2) (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Section I (e). Accessed June 2014.
  6. ↑ 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. 101. Accessed June 2014.
  7. ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza Q0 Lariana o di Livo Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.
  8. ↑ Breed data sheet: Lariana o Di Livio/Italy [sic]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
  9. ↑ Breed data sheet: Val di Livo/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.