Ciavenasca

This article is about the sheep breed. For the goat breed, see Ciavenasca goat.

Ciavenasca
Conservation statusFAO (2007): not at risk[1]
Other namesCivenasca
Country of originItaly
Distributionprovince of Sondrio
StandardMIPAAF
Usemeat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    50 kg[2]
  • Female:
    42 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    60 cm[2]
  • Female:
    52 cm[2]
Wool colorwhite
Face colorwhite
Horn statushornless in both sexes

The Ciavenasca is a breed of small domestic sheep from the province of Sondrio, in Lombardy in northern Italy.[2] It is raised in the mountainous terrain of the Val San Giacomo, the Val Bregaglia and the Valchiavenna, from which the name of the breed derives.[3][4] It is raised only for meat; the wool is of very poor quality, and the milk is sufficient only for the lambs.[5] 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.[4]

In 2013 total numbers for the breed were not reported.[6] A population of 3300 was reported in 2003.[2]

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