Conservation status | FAO (2007): not at risk [1] |
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Other names | Derivata di Siria |
Country of origin | Italy |
Distribution | |
Standard | MIPAAF |
Use | milk |
Traits | |
Weight | |
Height | |
Skin color | brown |
Wool color | red-brown |
Horn status | may be present in either sex |
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The Rossa Mediterranea is a breed of domestic goat from the Mediterranean island of Sicily, in southern Italy. It derives from the Damascus goat of Syria and the eastern Mediterranean, [3] and is thus also known as the Derivata di Siria. It is raised mainly in Sicily, but also in Basilicata and Calabria in southern mainland Italy. [4] [5]
The Rossa Mediterranea 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. [6] Total numbers for the breed were recently estimated at 56,000. [4] At the end of 2013 the registered population was reported as 3385. [7] [8]
The Rossa Mediterranea is a milk breed. Milk production per lactation for pluriparous nannies is approximately 570 kg, and may reach 750 kg. The milk has an average of 4.11% fat and 3.53% protein, and is used predominantly for cheese-making. [4]
Conservation status | FAO (2007): not at risk [1] |
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Other names | Derivata di Siria |
Country of origin | Italy |
Distribution | |
Standard | MIPAAF |
Use | milk |
Traits | |
Weight | |
Height | |
Skin color | brown |
Wool color | red-brown |
Horn status | may be present in either sex |
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The Rossa Mediterranea is a breed of domestic goat from the Mediterranean island of Sicily, in southern Italy. It derives from the Damascus goat of Syria and the eastern Mediterranean, [3] and is thus also known as the Derivata di Siria. It is raised mainly in Sicily, but also in Basilicata and Calabria in southern mainland Italy. [4] [5]
The Rossa Mediterranea 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. [6] Total numbers for the breed were recently estimated at 56,000. [4] At the end of 2013 the registered population was reported as 3385. [7] [8]
The Rossa Mediterranea is a milk breed. Milk production per lactation for pluriparous nannies is approximately 570 kg, and may reach 750 kg. The milk has an average of 4.11% fat and 3.53% protein, and is used predominantly for cheese-making. [4]