Napoletana goat
| Conservation status | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Distribution | Campania |
| Standard | MIPAAF |
| Use | dual-purpose, milk and meat[3]: 376 |
| Traits | |
| Weight | |
| Coat | usually black, occasionally deep red |
| Horn status | small recurved horns in both sexes |
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The Napoletana is an Italian breed of domestic goat from the area south of Naples, in Campania in southern Italy. It is raised on the slopes of Vesuvius, on the slopes of the Monti Lattari, and in the Agro Nocerino Sarnese which lies between them.[3]: 375 The origin of the breed is unknown.[4] It may derive from goats of African origin imported to the area in the early years of the twentieth century; the alternative name Torca Nera, "black Turkish goat", suggests an origin in the Mediterranean basin.[3]: 375
The Napoletana 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]: 103 [6] the herdbook was established in 2002.[4] The Napoletana was in the past numerous. By the early 1980s the population had fallen substantially, to 2000–3000.[3]: 376 At the end of 2013 the registered population was reported as 71.[7][2]
Use
The milk yield of the Napoletana is high. In a lactation of 165 days it averages 350 litres for primiparous and 450 litres for pluriparous nannies. The milk has 4.7% milk-fat, 3.4% milk protein and contains 5% lactose.[8] Kids are usually slaughtered at a weight of 9–12 kg.[3]: 376
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 Breed data sheet: Napoletana / Italy (Goat). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594.
- ^ a b c d 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, pages 381–435. Archived 5 October 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. Archived 21 September 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza M0 Napoletana Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Archived 23 September 2015.
- ^ Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Napoletana": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Archived 23 September 2015.