Laticauda sheep
| Conservation status | FAO (2007); not at risk[1]: 68 |
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| Country of origin | southern Italy |
| Distribution | Campania, Calabria |
| Use | dual-purpose, meat and milk |
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| Wool colour | white |
| Face colour | white |
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The Laticauda or Barbaresca della Campania[2]: 277 is an Italian breed of domestic sheep from Campania and Calabria, in southern Italy.[3]: 234 [4] It is a fat-tailed breed, which gives rise to the name Laticauda, "broad-tailed". It is raised mainly in its area of origin in the provinces of Avellino, Benevento and Caserta, but is also found in the provinces of Cosenza, Matera and Naples.[5][6] Like the Barbaresca breed of Sicily, it appears to result from the hybridisation of local breeds with Barbary (or Barbarin) sheep of Maghrebi origin. It has been suggested that these were first brought to the area by the Bourbon king Charles VII of Naples.[3]: 234
The Laticauda is one of the seventeen autochthonous Italian sheep breeds for which a genealogical herd-book is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.[5] Total numbers for the breed were estimated at 60000 in 1983;[3]: 234 in 2013 the number recorded in the herdbook was 2802.[7] In 2014 the region of Campania estimated the total number at 7000 head.[8]
In 2014 the Barbaresca della Campania was reported to DAD-IS separately from the Laticauda.[4][9]
Use
Lambs are usually slaughtered at the age of about a month, at a weight of 10–15 kg. Milk yield is about 120–140 litres per lactation. The milk has 7–13% fat and 5.5–8.5% protein;[3]: 235 it is the only milk used in the production of Pecorino di Laticauda Sannita, a pecorino cheese for which DOP status has been requested.[8] It is also used to make the Pecorino di Carmasciano.[8]
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.
- ^ Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types, and Varieties (fifth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 085199430X.
- ^ a b c d Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594.
- ^ a b Breed data sheet: Laticauda/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2014.
- ^ 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, page 23. Archived 21 September 2013.
- ^ Francesca Ciotola, Vincenzo Peretti (2005). Razze zootecniche in pericolo di estinzione: la pecora Laticauda (in Italian). Vita in campagna 2005 (5): 59. Archived 1 February 2018.
- ^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza 28 Laticauda Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Archived 2 February 2014.
- ^ a b c Prodotti tipici: Pecorino di Laticauda Sannita (in Italian). Regione Campania. Archived 31 October 2013.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Barbaresca della campania (laticauda)/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2014.