Frisa Valtellinese
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| Conservation status | FAO (2007): endangered[1] |
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| Country of origin | Italy |
| Distribution | Province of Sondrio, Lombardy |
| Standard | MIPAAF |
| Use | milk, also meat[2] |
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| Coat | black or dark, with Swiss markings |
| Face colour | dark with white eye-stripes |
| Horn status | usually horned[3] |
| Tassels | sometimes present[3] |
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The Frisa Valtellinese is an Italian breed of domestic goat indigenous to the province of Sondrio, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It is raised throughout the Valtellina – from which its principal name derives – in the Val Malenco and the upper Val Masino in the Rhaetian Alps, and in the Valchiavenna. It may also be called the Frontalasca, for the village of Frontale, a frazione of the comune of Sondalo in the Val di Rezzalo, or the Rezzalasca for that valley. The name Frisa comes from its frisature, or Swiss markings.[2]
History
The Frisa Valtellinese shares common characteristics and origins with the Swiss Bündner Strahlenziege, or Grisons Striped, breed from the Swiss canton of the Grisons to the north-east, and with similar goats in the canton of Ticino immediately to the north of Sondrio.[2] It also shows phenotypic similarity to the British Alpine breed, but does not share its history. The breed was officially recognised and a herd-book established in 1997.[2]
The Frisa Valtellinese 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.[4][5] At the end of 2013 the registered population was variously reported as 2810[6] and as 2432.[7]
Use
The milk yield per lactation of the Frisa Valtellinese is 271±115 litres for primiparous, 343±183 litres for secondiparous, and 369±180 litres for pluriparous, nannies.[8] The milk averages 3.23% fat and 3.04% protein.[2] The viulìn de càvra de Ciavéna, a goat's meat prosciutto, is made with the meat.
The breed shows promise for vegetation management for the purpose of fire prevention.[2]
References
- ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (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: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 356–57.
- ^ a b Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Frisa Valtellinese o Frontalasca": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. 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 May 2014.
- ^ Le razze ovine e caprine in Italia (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Ufficio centrale libri genealogici e registri anagrafici razze ovine e caprine, page 99. Archived 21 September 2013.
- ^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza 46 Frisa Valtellinese Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Frisa valtellinese/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
- ^ Lorenzo Noè, Alessandro Gaviraghi, Andrea D'Angelo, Adriana Bonanno, Adriana Di Trana, Lucia Sepe, Salvatore Claps, Giovanni Annicchiarico, Nicola Bacciu (2005). Le razze caprine d'Italia (in Italian); in: Giuseppe Pulina (2005). L' alimentazione della capra da latte. Bologna: Avenue Media. ISBN 9788886817493. p. 381–435. Archived 5 October 2014.