The Bormina is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from the Valtellina, in the northern part of the province of Sondrio, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It is particularly associated with the area of the comune of Bormio, from which its name derives. Because of the reddish colour of its coat and its clear Swiss markings (Italian: frisature, white stripes on the face, white legs, belly and peri-anal area), it may also be call the Frisa Rossa. It is raised mainly in the Valtellina but is also reported from the Lario and from the area of Varese. It does not have official recognition in Italy, and breed numbers are very low. Management is extensive: the animals are kept on high alpine pasture in the summer months, and brought under cover in winter.[3]
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): no data[1] |
|---|---|
| Other names | Frisa Rossa |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Distribution | Valtellina, Province of Sondrio |
| Standard | none (not recognised) |
| Use | milk[2] |
| Traits | |
| Wool color | reddish, with Swiss markings |
| Horn status | usually horned |
| Beard | males usually bearded |
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History
editThe origins of the Bormina are unknown. It may derive from Toggenburg stock from north-east Switzerland imported to the Valtellina in 1941 and 1942 for its high productivity of milk, and cross-bred with local strains, or may have arisen from older traditional long-term cultural interchange.[3] The Bormina also shows similarity to the Bionda dell'Adamello breed from the Val Camonica.[4]
The Bormina is not officially recognised as a breed, and is not among 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.[5][6] It is, however, reported to the DAD-IS database of the FAO.[2] Numbers were reported at 100 in 1992; there is no more recent data.[3] The breed is under competitive pressure from the Frisa Valtellinese or Frontalasca, which is raised in the same geographical area.[4]
Use
editThe Bormina is an excellent dairy breed.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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 July 2014.
- ^ a b Breed data sheet: Bormina/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
- ^ a b c d Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 346–47.
- ^ a b Michele Corti, Luigi Andrea Brambilla (2002). Le razze autoctone caprine dell’arco alpino e i loro sistemi di allevamento (in Italian). Conference papers: L’allevamento ovicaprino nelle Alpi: Razze, tradizioni e prodotti in sintonia con l’ambiente; Cavalese, 21 September 2002. p. 61–80. Accessed July 2014.
- ^ Strutture Zootecniche (Dec. 2009/712/CE - Allegato 2 - Capitolo 2) (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Section I (e). Archived 4 May 2014.
- ^ Norme tecniche e consistenze (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed July 2014.
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