Brentegana

The Brentegana is a breed of sheep from the provinces of Trento and Verona in northern Italy.[2] The name derives from that of the comune of Brentonico, the area where the breed is thought to have originated. Two distinct types are known, the Brentegana Scelta or Brentegana Trentina, a large heavy meat/wool type, and the Brentegana Comune, a medium-sized type more suitable for milk production.[3] The ancestry of the breed is not clear: it has been suggested that it derives from the Lamon breed,[4] but this is disputed.[3] 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.[4]

Brentegana
Conservation statusFAO (2007): critical[1]
Other names
  • Brentegana Scelta
  • Brentegana Trentina
  • Brentegana Comune
Country of originItaly
StandardMIPAAF
Use
  • Scelta: dual-purpose, meat and wool
  • Comune: milk
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    Scelta: 90-100 kg
    Comune:
  • Female:
    Scelta: 70–80 kg
    Comune: 53 kg
Height
  • Male:
    Scelta: 90–95 cm
    Comune:
  • Female:
    Scelta: 80–85 cm
    Comune: 71 cm
Wool colorwhite
Face colorwhite
Horn statushornless in both sexes

In 2013 total numbers for the breed were not recorded.[5] A population of 14 was reported in 2005.[2] The conservation status of the breed was listed as "critical" by the FAO in 2007.[1]

References
  1. Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (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: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed May 2014.
  2. Breed data sheet: Brentegana/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
  3. Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 192–93.
  4. 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. 45 (this page mis-titled "Bagnolese"). Accessed September 2013.
  5. Consistenze Provinciali della Razza F3 Brentegana Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.
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