Conservation status | FAO (2007): extinct [1] |
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Country of origin | Italy |
Distribution | province of Sondrio |
Use | meat |
Traits | |
Weight | |
Height | |
Wool color | straw-white |
Face color | white |
Horn status | horned in both sexes |
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The Ciuta is or was a breed of small mountain sheep from the province of Sondrio, in Lombardy in northern Italy. [3] There has been no census of the breed since 1983, and it may be extinct; a small number were identified in 2001. [2] It originates in the mountainous terrain of the Val Masino and the Valchiavenna, in an area where Lombard is spoken; ciuta means "little sheep" in the local language. It probably has common origins with the Ciavenasca breed from the same area. It is raised only for meat; the wool is of very poor quality, and the milk is sufficient only for the lambs. [2] The breed is not recognised by the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture and forestry, and is not among 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]
The breed was listed as "extinct" by the FAO in 2007. [1]
Conservation status | FAO (2007): extinct [1] |
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Country of origin | Italy |
Distribution | province of Sondrio |
Use | meat |
Traits | |
Weight | |
Height | |
Wool color | straw-white |
Face color | white |
Horn status | horned in both sexes |
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The Ciuta is or was a breed of small mountain sheep from the province of Sondrio, in Lombardy in northern Italy. [3] There has been no census of the breed since 1983, and it may be extinct; a small number were identified in 2001. [2] It originates in the mountainous terrain of the Val Masino and the Valchiavenna, in an area where Lombard is spoken; ciuta means "little sheep" in the local language. It probably has common origins with the Ciavenasca breed from the same area. It is raised only for meat; the wool is of very poor quality, and the milk is sufficient only for the lambs. [2] The breed is not recognised by the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture and forestry, and is not among 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]
The breed was listed as "extinct" by the FAO in 2007. [1]