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ITALY
Bergamasca
Breeding history
The origin of this breed is not entirely clear, some tracks lead, however,
into the Sudan. The large-framed Bergamasca developed in
Belluno Province and other mountain regions into a very important
breed. It was crossbred into other breeds. New breeds developed
through these processes like Varesina, Paduan, Lamon, Carinthian
or Brown Mountain.
Related Breeds
Paduan/ Padovana (I), Biellese (I).
Description of the Breed
The characteristic feature of Bergamasca is its pronounced Roman
head and Roman nose. The animals are large-framed and heavy.
Lop ears are very long. Both rams and ewes are polled. The animals
are unicoloured white, their wool has a medium fineness of 40 to
48 micron. Since 1976 a herdbook for the breed is kept in Italy.
Present Importance
The breed Bergamasca has significantly influenced the development
of many different mountain sheep breeds in the entire Alpine
region. All long-eared mountain sheep breeds have, for example,
their origin in the Bergamasca breed. Main utilisation is fattening
of lambs followed by milk production, with a milk yield of 160 to
180 kg. Animals are housed for 2 to 6 months (sometimes/not
always).
Contact
• ConSDABI, Azienda Casaldiani, I-82020 Circello (BN)
• APA Bergamo – Via Aldo Moro, 9, I-24050 Zanica (BG)
Special Performances
Bergamasca are very well adapted to high-mountain climatic conditions.
Age at first lambing is 13 months. Lambs are fast-growing
Glossary for the German table
Gesamtpopulation / Overall population
Leistungsangaben / Performance data
and vital because of the good milk production of their ewes.
Anzahl Böcke / Number of rams
Körpergewicht / Body weight
Bestandssituation /
Anzahl weibliche Zuchttiere /
Vliesgewicht / Fleece weight
Population numbers
Number of breeding females
Ablammergebnis / Lambing percentage
Es existiert keine Kryoreserve /
Herdbuch-Muttertiere /
Widerristhöhe / Withers height
There is no cryoreserve
Females in herdbook
Altböcke / Breeding males
Es existiert eine Kryoreserve /
Tägliche Zunahme / Daily gain
Muttertiere / Ewes
There is a cryoreserve
Schlachtgewicht / Trading life weight
Jahr / Year
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