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Country of origin | Italy |
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Wool color | off-white |
Face color | white with reddish markings, black tip to nose, black "spectacles" |
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triple-purpose: meat, milk and wool | |
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The Rosset is a breed of domestic sheep from the Valle d'Aosta in north-west Italy. [1] It is morphologically similar to the Savoiarda breed from Piemonte and to the Thônes et Marthod breed from Savoie; it may have been influenced also by the Blanc des Alpes and the Biellese. [2] 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. [3]
In 2013 the total number recorded for the breed was 919. [4]
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Country of origin | Italy |
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Traits | |
Weight |
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Wool color | off-white |
Face color | white with reddish markings, black tip to nose, black "spectacles" |
Notes | |
triple-purpose: meat, milk and wool | |
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The Rosset is a breed of domestic sheep from the Valle d'Aosta in north-west Italy. [1] It is morphologically similar to the Savoiarda breed from Piemonte and to the Thônes et Marthod breed from Savoie; it may have been influenced also by the Blanc des Alpes and the Biellese. [2] 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. [3]
In 2013 the total number recorded for the breed was 919. [4]