Brentegana

Brentegana
Conservation status
Other names
  • Brentegana Scelta
  • Brentegana Trentina
  • Brentegana Comune
Country of originItaly
StandardMIPAAF
Typelop-eared Alpine
Use
  • Scelta: dual-purpose, meat and wool
  • Comune: milk
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    • Scelta: 90–100 kg
    • Comune:
  • Female:
    • Scelta: 70–80 kg
    • Comune: 53 kg
Height
  • Male:
    • Scelta: 90–95 cm
    • Comune:
  • Female:
    • Scelta: 80–85 cm
    • Comune: 71 cm
Wool colourwhite
Face colourwhite
Horn statushornless in both sexes

The Brentegana is an Italian breed of sheep from the provinces of Trento and Verona in northern Italy.[3] The name derives from that of the comune of Brentonico, the area where the breed is thought to have originated. Two distinct types are known: the Brentegana Scelta or Brentegana Trentina, a large heavy meat/wool type; and the Brentegana Comune, a medium-sized type more suitable for milk production.[4]: 192  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.[5]

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