Braunes Bergschaf
Other names
  • Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf (Italy)
  • Pecora nera-bruna
Country of originAustria
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    80–100 kg
  • Female:
    60–70 kg
Wool colorblack or brown
Face colorblack or brown
Notes
dual-purpose, meat and wool

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

  1. 1 2 3 Breed data sheet: Braunes Bergschaf/Austria. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. 1 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. p. 75. Accessed September 2013.
  4. 1 2 Breed data sheet: Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
  5. 1 2 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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