Garessina

Garessina
Conservation statusFAO (2007): not listed[1]
Other names
  • Muma
  • Razza di Garessio
Country of originItaly
Distributionprovince of Cuneo
StandardMIPAAF
Usetriple-purpose, milk, meat and wool
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    50–55 kg[2]
  • Female:
    45–50 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    60–65 cm[2]
  • Female:
    55–60 cm[2]
Skin colorpinkish
Wool colorstraw-white
Face colorwhite
Horn statushornless in both sexes

The Garessina or Muma is a breed of small sheep from the Garessina, the area surrounding Garessio in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte in north-west Italy.[3] It is raised principally in the valleys of the Tanaro, its affluent the Negrone, and the Casotto; it is not raised commercially, but kept as a family sheep.[4][5] It has been influenced by Spanish Merino and French Alpine breeds. The wool is of fine quality.[4] The Garessina 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]

Under the national Piano Sviluppo Regionale or regional development plan for 2000–2006, a subsidy was available for those who kept Garessina sheep; in 2004 it was claimed for 64 head.[6] In 2013 the total number recorded for the breed was 110.[7]

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