Garfagnina goat

Garfagnina

Conservation status	FAO (2007): not listed[1]
Other names	Garfagnana Capra della Media Valle del Serchio Capra della Controneria Controneria
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	province of Lucca
Standard	MIPAAF
Use	milk and meat[2]
Traits
Weight	Male: 70 kg[3] Female: 47 kg[3]
Height	Male: 83 cm[3] Female: 75 cm[3]
Coat	variable
Horn status	sometimes horned[4]
Beard	bearded[4]
Goat Capra aegagrus hircus

Nineteenth-century engraving by L. Victor

The Garfagnina or Garfagnana is an Italian breed of domestic goat from the mountainous Garfagnana area north of Lucca, in Tuscany in central Italy, from which it takes its name. It is raised in that area, in the comuni of Camporgiano, Careggine, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Fosciandora, Minucciano, Pieve Fosciana, Vergemoli and Villa Collemandina; in the comuni of Bagni di Lucca, Barga, Coreglia Antelminelli and Fabbriche di Vallico in the Media Valle del Serchio; and in the historic area of the Controneria, to the north-east of Bagni di Lucca. It may also be known as the Capra della Media Valle del Serchio or as the Capra della Controneria.^[2] It is probably the last remnant of the Apennine type of goat of Emilia, Liguria and Tuscany.^[2]

The Garfagnina 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] The breed was in the past much more numerous; estimated total population fell from about 5000 to 2500 between 1989 and 2006.^[4] At the end of 2013 the number registered was 354.^[6][7]

Use

The average milk yield of the Garfagnina is 215 litres in 195 days.^[2] The milk averages 3.97% fat and 3.32% protein.^[3]

Kids are slaughtered at about 40 days, when they weigh about {{val|11|u=kg.^[2]

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. Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 360–61.
3. Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Garfagnana": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed June 2014.
4. Mina Martini (2002). "Capra Garfagnina" (in Italian). In: Rita Turchi et al. (editors) (2002). Risorse genetiche animali autoctone della Toscana. Firenze: Agenzia Regionale per lo Sviluppo e l'Innovazione nel settore Agricolo-forestale. [no ISBN]. p. 113–118.
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 M5 Garfagnana Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.
7. Breed data sheet: Garfagnana/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.