Appenninica

Appenninica
five white sheep in a field
Conservation status
Country of originItaly
Distribution
StandardMIPAAF
Usemeat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    78 kg[3]
  • Female:
    56 kg[3]
Height
  • Male:
    77 cm[3]
  • Female:
    69 cm[3]
Skin colourunpigmented
Wool colourwhite
Face colourwhite
Horn statuspolled in both sexes

The Appenninica is a modern Italian breed of sheep from the central Apennine Mountains.[4]: 17  It is raised principally in the regions of Tuscany and Umbria, but also in Abruzzo, Emilia–Romagna, Lazio and the Marche.[5]: 182  It was created in the 1970s by cross-breeding and selective breeding of various local sheep of those regions with the Bergamasca and with Ile-de-France and Berrichon du Cher stock from France.

It is a coarse-wool breed, and is raised primarily for meat.[5]: 183 

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