Biology:Braunes Bergschaf
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| Country of origin | Austria |
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| Wool color | black or brown |
| Face color | black or brown |
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| dual-purpose, meat and wool | |
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The Braunes Bergschaf is a breed of domestic sheep from the Tyrol area of Austria and Italy.[1][2] It derives from cross-breeding of the Tiroler Steinschaf of the Tyrol with the Italian Bergamasca and Padovana breeds. It is raised in the Austrian states of Lower Austria, Salzburg, Styria and Tyrol;[1] in the Vinschgau, Ultental, Passeiertal and Schnalstal in the autonomous province of Bolzano in Italy;[3][4] in the Swiss Engadine;[2] and in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.[5]
In Italy the Braunes Bergschaf is known as the "Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf", while the Swiss Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf is in Italy called Juraschaf. 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]
Numbers were reported to be 3698 to 5000 in Austria in 2012,[1] 1564 in Germany in 2011[5] and 2850 in Italy in 2008.[4][2]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 Breed data sheet: Braunes Bergschaf/Austria. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN:9788850652594. p. 278–279.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 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. 75. Accessed September 2013.
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Breed data sheet: Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
- ↑ Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 Breed data sheet: Braunes Bergschaf/Germany. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
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