Matesina

Matesina
Country of originItaly
Usetriple-purpose: meat, milk and wool            
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    70 kg
  • Female:
    60 kg
Wool colouroff-white or pale hazelnut
Face colourwhite

The Matesina is an Italian breed of domestic sheep. It is raised on the massif of the Matese and in the Valle Telesina, in Campania in southern Italy.: 244  It originates from the area of Dragoni, in the province of Caserta, and apparently derives from cross-breeding between the Appenninica and Gentile di Puglia breeds; the wool, like that of the Gentile di Puglia, is of fine quality.: 244  The Matesina 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.: 64 

In 2013 total numbers for the breed were not reported. 1000 head were counted in 1983;: 244  total numbers were reported as 120 in 2003 and estimated at 100 in 2007.: 244 

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza G6 MATESINA Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.
  4. ↑ Breed data sheet: Matesina. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.