Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf

Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf
Other names
  • Juraschaf
  • Elbschaf
  • Pecora del Giura
  • Pecora giurassica
  • Brun-noir du pays
Country of originSwitzerland
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    90–120 kg
  • Female:
    65–90 kg
Wool colorblack or brown
Face colorbrown
Notes
dual-purpose, meat and wool

The Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf is a breed of domestic sheep from the area of the Jura mountains in Switzerland.[1][2] It derives from the Swiss Frutigen, Jura, Roux-des-Bagnes, Saanen and Simmental breeds. The name means "black-brown mountain sheep". It is one of the four principal sheep breeds of Switzerland. It is present also in Austria, Germany and Italy, and in those countries is known as the Juraschaf.[3][2][4]

The first official description is from 1925,[5] the breed standard dates from 1941, and the herdbook was established in 1979.[6] Numbers for the breed in 2008 were 14,161 in Switzerland, 822 in Austria, 580 in Italy and 19 in Germany.[2]

In Italy the Juraschaf 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] the name "Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf" is used in Italy for the Braunes Bergschaf, a different breed.

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