The Fabrianese is a modern breed of domestic sheep from the Marche region of central Italy.[3][4] It takes its name from the town and comune of Fabriano, in the province of Ancona. The Fabrianese was created as a dual-purpose breed in the 1960s by cross-breeding local breeds of the Apennines of the Marche with rams of the Bergamasca breed from the Alps of Lombardy. It is raised in the eastern foothills of the Apennines, in the provinces of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno and Macerata in the Marche, and in the province of Terni in Umbria.[3]
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): not at risk[1] |
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| Country of origin | Italy |
| Distribution | Le Marche |
| Standard | MIPAAF |
| Use | dual-purpose: meat, also milk |
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| Wool color | white |
| Face color | white |
| Horn status | hornless in both sexes |
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History
The Fabrianese is one of the seventeen autochthonous Italian sheep breeds for which a genealogical herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders;[5] the herdbook was established in 1974.[4] In 1983 the breed population was estimated at about 25,000 head, of which 4600 were registered.[3] In 1997 the total number was about 70,000.[2] In 2013 the number registered for the breed was 3342.[6]
Use
The average age and weight of lambs at slaughter is unclear; the target is approximately 25 kg (55 lb) at 60 days.[3]
The milk yield of the Fabrianese, including that taken by the lambs, averages 150 L (40 US gal) in 180 days for primiparous, and 200 to 220 L (53 to 58 US gal) for pluriparous, ewes.[3]
References
- ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed May 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Caratteri tipici e indirizzi di miglioramento della razza Fabrianese (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali. Accessed May 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 216–217.
- ^ a b Breed data sheet: Fabrianese/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed December 2013.
- ^ Le razze ovine e caprine in Italia (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Ufficio centrale libri genealogici e registri anagrafici razze ovine e caprine. p. 21. Accessed December 2013.
- ^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza 39 Fabrianese Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale dell Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed December 2013.
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