Sciara sheep
| Conservation status | unknown |
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| Other names | Moscia Calabrese |
| Country of origin | Italy |
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| Weight |
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| Wool color | white |
| Face color | white |
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The Sciara or Moscia Calabrese is an indigenous breed of domestic sheep from the provinces of Catanzaro and Cosenza, in Calabria in southern Italy.[1][2] It is a hardy and frugal breed, well adapted to the poor and stony upland terrain of the area.[3] Sources from the early 20th century describe it as dark-coloured; according to the breed standard, it should be white.[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 herdbook is empty.[4] The breed numbered about 15,000 in 1983. No numbers have been reported to DAD-IS or published since that date.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Breed data sheet: Sciara/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
- ^ a b c Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 282–283.
- ^ a b 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. 76. Accessed September 2013.
- ^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza R4 SCIARA (MOSCIA CALABRESE) Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.
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