Garfagnina Bianca

Garfagnina Bianca
Conservation statusFAO (2007): critical-maintained[1]
Country of originItaly
DistributionGarfagnana, Tuscany
StandardMIPAAF
Usedual-purpose, milk and meat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    50–55 kg[2]
  • Female:
    40–45 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    65–70 cm[2]
  • Female:
    60–65 cm[2]
Wool colorwhite
Face colorwhite
Horn statushorned in both sexes

The Garfagnina Bianca is a breed of small domestic sheep from the historic area of the Garfagnana, the mountainous northern part of the province of Lucca, in Tuscany in central Italy.[3][4] It shares common origins with the Cornella Bianca, Massese and Zerasca.[5][6] 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.[6]

Breed numbers declined drastically in the second half of the twentieth century. In 1961 there were more than 50,000, distributed over much of central Italy; a census in 1983 identified fewer than 50 pure-bred specimens. In 2013 total numbers for the breed were 356.[7]

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