Istriana
| Other names | Carsolina |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Traits | |
| Weight |
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| Wool color | white |
| Face color | mottled with dark brown |
| Notes | |
| dual-purpose, milk and meat | |
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The Istriana or Carsolina is a breed of sheep from Istria and the Karst regions of the northern Adriatic, from north-east Italy to Croatia and Slovenia.[1][2] It appears to derive from inter-breeding of local Italian stock with breeds from the Balkans, and particularly with animals brought to the area by the Morlachs, Dacian refugees from the Ottoman invasions of the 17th century.[2][3] 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]
Breed numbers fell drastically in the second half of the 20th century, from 10,000 in 1960 to 250 in 1983.[2] In 2013 total numbers for the breed were recorded as 635.[4]
References
- ^ Breed data sheet: Istriana. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
- ^ a b c Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 228–29.
- ^ a b 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. 59. Accessed September 2013.
- ^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza 98 ISTRIANA (CARSOLINA) Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale dell Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.
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