Matesina
| Country of origin | Italy |
|---|---|
| Traits | |
| Weight | Male: 70 kg |
| Female: 60 kg | |
| Wool color | off-white or pale hazelnut |
| Face color | white |
| Notes | |
| triple-purpose: meat, milk and wool | |
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Sheep Ovis aries | |
The Matesina is a breed of sheep raised on the massif of the Matese and in the Valle Telesina, in Campania in southern Italy.[1] It originates from the area of Dragoni, in the province of Caserta, and apparently derives from cross-breeding between the Appeninica and Gentile di Puglia breeds; the wool, like that of the Gentile di Puglia, is of fine quality.[1] The Matesina 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.[2]
In 2013 total numbers for the breed were not reported.[3] 1000 head were counted in 1983;[1] total numbers were reported as 120 in 2003 [4] and estimated at 100 in 2007.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 244–245.
- ↑ 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. 64. Accessed September 2013.
- ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza G6 MATESINA Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.
- ↑ Breed data sheet: Matesina. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.