Conservation status | FAO (2007): no data[1] |
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Country of origin | Italy |
Distribution | Calabria |
Standard | MIPAAF |
Use | dual-purpose, milk and meat[3] |
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Wool color | variable |
Horn status | usually horned |
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The Rustica di Calabria or Sciara is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from Calabria in southern Italy.[5] It is raised mostly in the provinces of Catanzaro and Cosenza. Although present in substantial numbers it has been little studied; its conservation status and origins remain unclear. It may have been influenced by the various goat breeds, including the Abyssinian goat, the Maltese and a type known as "Tibetan", whose introduction to Calabria in the early twentieth century is documented.[3]
The Rustica di Calabria 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.[6][7] At the end of 2013 the registered population was 24,130, most of which were in the province of Cosenza.[8]
The milk yield of pluriparous Rustica di Calabria nannies is 200–250 litres per lactation of 150 days. Kids are slaughtered at a weight of 6–7 kg.[3]