Nostrana
| Country of origin | Italy |
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| Traits | |
| Weight | Male: 79 kg |
| Female: 50–55 kg | |
| Wool color | white |
| Face color | white |
| Notes | |
| dual-purpose: meat and wool | |
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Sheep Ovis aries | |
The Nostrana is a breed of sheep from the area of the Passo della Cisa, the Apennine pass which connects the comune of Pontremoli in the province of Massa Carrara, Tuscany, with that of Berceto in the province of Parma, in Emilia–Romagna. The Nostrana appears to be closely related to the Garfagnina Bianca,[1] and probably also to the Cornigliese and Zerasca breeds.[2] 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.[3]
In 2013 total numbers for the breed were not reported;[4] 300 head were counted in 1983. The herdbook has been empty for a number of years; the breed may be extinct.[2]
References
- ↑ Breed data sheet: Nostrana. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
- 1 2 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 250–251.
- ↑ 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. 65. Accessed September 2013.
- ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza G4 NOSTRANA Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.