Saltasassi

Saltasassi
Country of origin Italy
Traits
Weight
  • Male: 60 kg
  • Female: 45–50 kg
Wool color white
Face color white
Notes
meat

The Saltasassi is a breed of upland sheep from the provinces of Verbano Cusio Ossola[1] and Novara in the northern part of Piemonte, in north-west Italy.[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]

The population in 1983 was estimated at 2500.[1][2] In 2013 the total number for the breed was not recorded; in 2012 it was 37.[4] A study conducted by the region of Piemonte in 2000 found the Saltasassi to be virtually extinct.[1]

References

  1. 1 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. 268–269.
  2. 1 2 Breed data sheet: Saltasassi/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
  3. ↑ 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. 72. Accessed September 2013.
  4. ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza G0 SALTASASSI Anno 2012 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.


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