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{{Short description|Basque breed of sheep}}
The '''basco-béarnaise''' is a French breed of sheep from the [[Basque country]].

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The '''Basco-Béarnaise''' or '''Vasca Carranzana''' is a [[list of sheep breeds|breed]] of [[domestic sheep]] originating in the [[Basque Country (historical territory)|Basque country]]. It was developed from Basque and [[Béarn]]aise sheep during the 1960s to be a single-purpose [[sheep's-milk|milk]] breed.<ref name="OKState">
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/basco-bearnais/index.htm
|title=Basco-Béarnais
|work=Breeds of Livestock
|publisher=[[Oklahoma State University]], Dept. of Animal Science
|accessdate=2009-05-15
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907225602/http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/basco-bearnais/index.htm
|archivedate=2008-09-07
}}</ref>


==Origins==
==Origins==
It derives from a family of sheep breeds from the Pyrénées with falling wool. It arose in the [[Béarn|béarnaise]] part of the [[Pyrénées]]. It has long been transhumé across the girondine plain to the Pyrénéan [[:fr:estive|estive]]s.
It derives from a family of sheep breeds from the Pyrénées with falling wool. It arose in the [[Béarn]]aise part of the [[Pyrénées]]. It has long been [[Transhumance|flocked]] across the [[Gironde|Girondine]] plain to the Pyrénéan mountain pastures.


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==Morphology==
==Morphology==
[[File:Basco-bearnaise brebis troupeau.jpg|thumbnail|Flock near the [[Col d'Aubisque]]]]
Elle porte une laine longue et blanche qui pend. Ses cornes tournent en spirale autour de l'oreille. Sa tête et ses pattes sont pigmentées de froment roux. Elle mesure 75 cm et pèse de 55 kg pour la brebis à 90 cm pour 80 kg pour le bélier.
Its wool is long, white and hanging. Its horns form a spiral around the ear. Its head and hooves are coloured reddish-yellow.

Rams are horned and the ewes may be either horned or polled (hornless).<ref name="OKState"/> Both sexes display white and are unicolored.<ref name="DADIS">
{{cite web
|url=http://dad.fao.org/
|title=Béarnais/France
|work=Breed data sheet
|publisher=Domestic Animal Diversity Information System
|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref>

The mature rams weigh {{convert|80|kg|lb|abbr=on}} and grow to {{convert|90|cm|in|abbr=on}} at the withers on average. Ewes grow to {{convert|75|cm|in|abbr=on}} at the withers and weigh {{convert|55|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref name="DADIS"/>


==Aptitude==
==Aptitude==
C'est une brebis laitière, dont est issue l'[[Appellation d'origine contrôlée|AOC]] [[Ossau-Iraty]], tomme de brebis des Pyrénées. Elle produit 120 litres sur 130 jours de lactation d'un [[lait]] riche en matière grasse (7,42 %) et en protéines. (5,39 %) <br/>C'est une race rustique. Elle agnelle sans problème au printemps et produit le lait en estive ; elle transforme en lait la richesse de la flore pyrénéenne.--->
It is a [[Sheep milk|dairy]] breed, which issued from the [[Appellation d'origine contrôlée|AOC]] [[Ossau-Iraty]], derived from the ewes of the Pyrénées. A ewe of this breed produces 120 litres over 130 days of lactation, producing a milk rich in [[fat|matière grasse]] (7,42%) and in proteins (5,39%).

It is a rural breed, which lambs in spring and produces milk in the summer, passing on the richness of the Pyrénéan flora through its milk.
<gallery>
Image:Basco-Béarnaise_profil.JPG|Head of an ewe
Image:Basco-Béarnaise_troupeau.JPG|Flock of ewes near [[Arudy]] in the [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] department
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Rava sheep]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Sheep breeds of France}}
{{Basque animal breeds}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Basco-Bearnaise}}
[[Category:Sheep breeds]]
[[Category:Basque domestic animal breeds]]
[[Category:Sheep breeds originating in Spain]]
[[Category:Sheep breeds originating in France]]



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Latest revision as of 23:51, 8 December 2023

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The Basco-Béarnaise or Vasca Carranzana is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the Basque country. It was developed from Basque and Béarnaise sheep during the 1960s to be a single-purpose milk breed.[1]

Origins[edit]

It derives from a family of sheep breeds from the Pyrénées with falling wool. It arose in the Béarnaise part of the Pyrénées. It has long been flocked across the Girondine plain to the Pyrénéan mountain pastures.

Morphology[edit]

Flock near the Col d'Aubisque

Its wool is long, white and hanging. Its horns form a spiral around the ear. Its head and hooves are coloured reddish-yellow.

Rams are horned and the ewes may be either horned or polled (hornless).[1] Both sexes display white and are unicolored.[2]

The mature rams weigh 80 kg (180 lb) and grow to 90 cm (35 in) at the withers on average. Ewes grow to 75 cm (30 in) at the withers and weigh 55 kg (121 lb).[2]

Aptitude[edit]

It is a dairy breed, which issued from the AOC Ossau-Iraty, derived from the ewes of the Pyrénées. A ewe of this breed produces 120 litres over 130 days of lactation, producing a milk rich in matière grasse (7,42%) and in proteins (5,39%).

It is a rural breed, which lambs in spring and produces milk in the summer, passing on the richness of the Pyrénéan flora through its milk.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Basco-Béarnais". Breeds of Livestock. Oklahoma State University, Dept. of Animal Science. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  2. ^ a b "Béarnais/France". Breed data sheet. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System. Retrieved 2009-05-15.