Roccaverano goat

Roccaverano
Conservation statusFAO (2007): not at risk[1]
Country of originItaly
DistributionPiemonte
StandardMIPAAF
Usemilk, also meat[2]
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    70–80 kg[3]
  • Female:
    55 kg[3]
Height
  • Male:
    85–90 cm[3]
  • Female:
    80–85 cm[3]
Coatvariable: white, brown or black
Horn statususually hornless[4]
Beardusually bearded[4]
Tasselspresent in about 50%[4]
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus

The Roccaverano is an Italian breed of large domestic goat from the Langhe, in the provinces of Asti and Cuneo, in Piemonte in north-western Italy. It is raised mainly in the Langa Astigiana, mostly within the Comunità montana Langa Astigiana Val Bormida [it]}, and is named for the town and comune of Roccaverano in that area.[2] The origins of the breed are unknown.[2]

The Roccaverano is one of the forty-three autochthonous Italian goat breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders.[5][6] At the end of 2013 the registered population was variously reported as 3117[7] and as 2390.[8]

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