Tiroler Bergschaf
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| Other names | Pecora Alpina Tirolese |
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| Traits | |
| Weight | Male: 80–120 kg |
| Female: 70–100 kg | |
| Wool color | white |
| Face color | white |
| Notes | |
| dual-purpose, meat and wool | |
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Sheep Ovis aries | |
The Tiroler Bergschaf or Pecora Alpina Tirolese is a breed of domestic sheep from the mountainous Tyrol area of Austria and Italy.[1][2] The name means "Tyrolean mountain sheep". It is raised throughout Austria[3] and in the autonomous province of Bolzano in Italy.[2] It results from cross-breeding between the Tiroler Steinschaf of the Tyrol with the Italian Bergamasca breed from the area of Bergamo.[4] This is variously reported as having taken place in the first half of the 19th century[3] and after the Second World War.[2]
The Tiroler Bergschaf 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] In 2013 no total number for the breed was recorded in the herdbook.[5] In 2008 an Italian population of 12888 was reported to DAD-IS.[1]
The Austrian herdbook was opened in 1938; the population reported for Austria in 2012 was 12901 to 19000.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Breed data sheet: Tiroler Bergschaf/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 288–289.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Breed data sheet: Tiroler Bergschaf/Austria. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
- ↑ 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. 78. Accessed September 2013.
- ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza 02 Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.
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