Modicana

Modicana
Country of origin Italy: Sicily: province of Ragusa
Use Dual-purpose: milk and beef
Traits
Coat Wheaten; red; dark red; almost black
Horn status Horned
Cattle
Bos primigenius

The Modicana is a cattle breed from the province of Ragusa in the Italian island of Sicily. It is one of the sixteen minor Italian cattle breeds "of limited diffusion" recognised and protected by the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture.[1]

References

  1. Norme Tecniche del Registro Anagrafico delle razze bovine autoctone a limitata diffusione (Appendix 2 to DM di approvazione del Disciplinare del 20/12/2011; in Italian). Associazione Italiana Allevatori. Accessed July 2013.