Ciociara Grigia

Ciociara Grigia

Conservation status	FAO (2007): endangered[1]
Other names	Grigia Ciociara
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	Province of Frosinone Province of Rome
Standard	MIPAAF
Use	milk[2]
Traits
Weight	Male: 75–85 kg[3] Female: 45–55 kg[3]
Horn status	horned or hornless in both sexes
Goat Capra aegagrus hircus

The Ciociara Grigia or Grigia Ciociara is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from Lazio in central Italy. It takes its name from the Ciociaria, the area around Frosinone. It is thought to have originated in the area of the Monti Aurunci and the Monti Ausoni.^[4] It is raised in those mountains, in the Monti Lepini, and in the Val Comino. Because of the transhumant management of the herds it has also diffused into some neighbouring areas of Campania and Abruzzo.^[3] It 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.^[5]

At the end of 2013 the registered population was 674.^[6]

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 June 2014.
2. Breed data sheet: Ciociara Grigia/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
3. Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594, pages 354–355.
4. Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Grigia Ciociara": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed June 2014.
5. Strutture Zootecniche (Dec. 2009/712/CE - Allegato 2 - Capitolo 2) (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Section I (e). Archived 4 May 2014.
6. Consistenze Provinciali della Razza L6 Ciociara Grigia Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.