Rustica di Calabria

Rustica di Calabria
Conservation status FAO (2007): no data[1]
Other names
  • Rustica Calabrese
  • Sciara
  • Capra di Cosenza[2]
Country of origin Italy
Distribution Calabria
Standard MIPAAF
Use dual-purpose, milk and meat[3]
Traits
Weight Male: 65–70 kg[4]
  Female: 45–50 kg[4]
Height Male: 75–80 cm[4]
  Female: 60 cm[4]
Wool color variable
Horn status usually horned
Goat
Capra aegagrus hircus

The Rustica di Calabria or Sciara is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from Calabria in southern Italy.[5] It is raised mostly in the provinces of Catanzaro and Cosenza. Although present in substantial numbers it has been little studied; its conservation status and origins remain unclear. It may have been influenced by the various goat breeds, including the Abyssinian goat, the Maltese and a type known as "Tibetan", whose introduction to Calabria in the early twentieth century is documented.[3]

The Rustica di Calabria 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.[6][7] At the end of 2013 the registered population was 24,130, most of which were in the province of Cosenza.[8]

Use

The milk yield of pluriparous Rustica di Calabria nannies is 200–250 litres per lactation of 150 days. Kids are slaughtered at a weight of 6–7 kg.[3]

References

  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. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 390–91.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Rustica di Calabria": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed June 2014.
  5. ↑ Breed data sheet: Rustica di Calabria/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.&nbsp109. Accessed June 2014.
  8. ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza N9 Rustica di Calabria Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.