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<ref name=aspa2>[http://www.assonapa.it/Consistenze/Cons_razza.asp?Cod_razza=R6 Consistenze Provinciali della Razza R6 VARESINA Anno 2012] (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.</ref> |
<ref name=aspa2>[http://www.assonapa.it/Consistenze/Cons_razza.asp?Cod_razza=R6 Consistenze Provinciali della Razza R6 VARESINA Anno 2012] (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.</ref> |
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<ref name=bigi>Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). ''Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia'' (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN |
<ref name=bigi>Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). ''Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia'' (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. {{ISBN|9788850652594}}. p. 298–299.</ref> |
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<ref name=dad>[http://dad.fao.org/ Breed data sheet: Varesina/Italy]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.</ref> |
<ref name=dad>[http://dad.fao.org/ Breed data sheet: Varesina/Italy]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.</ref> |
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| Country of origin | Italy |
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| Wool color | off-white |
| Face color | white |
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The Varesina is a rare breed of domestic sheep from the province of Varese in Lombardy, in northern Italy.[1][2] It originates from the area of Biandronno and Travedona; members of the breed have been identified in the comuni of Albizzate and Arcisate. The Varesina is closely related to the Bergamasca and the Biellese, but is smaller.[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]
In 1983 there were about 1000 Varesina sheep, of which 800 were registered. Recent estimates place total numbers at about 60.[2] In 2013 no total number for the breed was recorded in the herdbook.[4] The breed is at serious risk of extinction and is protected.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Breed data sheet: Varesina/Italy. 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. 298–299.
- ^ 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. 80. Accessed September 2013.
- ^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza R6 VARESINA Anno 2012 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.
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