The Sambucana or Demontina is a breed of upland sheep from the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte, north-west Italy.[1][2] It takes its name from the comune of Sambuco in the Valle Stura di Demonte, the area where it is thought to have originated; the other name of the breed, Demontina, derives from the name of that valley. The Sambucana is also raised in the adjoining valleys, the Valle Gesso, the Valle Grana and the Valle Maira.[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]
| Other names | Demontina |
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| Country of origin | Italy |
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| Weight |
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| Wool color | straw-white |
| Face color | straw-white |
| Notes | |
| dual-purpose, meat and wool | |
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In 2013 the total number for the breed was 3490.[4]
References edit
- ^ Breed data sheet: Sambucana (Demontina)/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
- ^ a b Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 270–271.
- ^ 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. 73. Accessed September 2013.
- ^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza R1 SAMBUCANA Anno 2012 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.
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