Bianca Monticellana
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): not listed[1] |
|---|---|
| Other names | Capra Bianca di Monte San Biagio |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Distribution | Lazio |
| Standard | MIPAAF |
| Use | dual-purpose, meat and milk |
| Traits | |
| Weight | Male: 81–82 kg[2] |
| Female: 38–53 kg[2] | |
| Height | Male: 84–85 cm[2] |
| Female: 72–78 cm[2] | |
| Skin color | pinkish white |
| Wool color | white |
| Face color | white |
| Horn status | horned in both sexes |
|
Goat Capra aegagrus hircus | |
The Bianca Monticellana or Capra Bianca di Monte San Biagio is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from Lazio in central Italy.[3] It takes its name from the town and comune of Monte San Biagio, which until 1862 was known as Monticelli. It is raised in the provinces of Frosinone and Rome, on the Monti Aurunci, the Monti Ausoni, the Monti Lepini, the Monti delle Mainarde in the Val Comino and on the Monti Prenestini.[2][4] The area of distribution is very similar to that of the Ciociara Grigia, from which it is however quite distinct. The Bianca Monticellana breed descends from a flock of about 700 head of white goats brought to Monticelli from Villa Latina in about 1850 by the Minchella family of shepherds.[4] It is probably the same breed described as "Bianca Romana" ("Roman white") in the early years of the twentieth century, and not subsequently documented.[3]
The Bianca Monticellana is one of 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] At the end of 2013 the registered population was variously reported as 1832[6] and as 2043.[7]
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 June 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Bianca Monticellana": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed June 2014.
- 1 2 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 330–31.
- 1 2 Registro Volontario Regionale delle risorse genetiche autoctone di interesse agrario a rischio di erosione (Legge Regionale 1 marzo 2000 n. 15): Capra Bianca Monticellana (in Italian). Agenzia Regionale per lo Sviluppo e l'Innovazione dell'Agricoltura del Lazio. Accessed June 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 December 2013.
- ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza Q5 Bianca Monticellana Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.
- ↑ Breed data sheet: Bianca Monticellana/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.