Napoletana goat

Napoletana

Conservation status	FAO (2007): endangered[1]
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	Campania
Standard	MIPAAF
Use	dual-purpose, milk and meat[2]
Traits
Weight	Male: 60–65 kg[3] Female: 50–55 kg[3]
Coat	usually black, occasionally deep red
Horn status	small recurved horns in both sexes
Goat Capra aegagrus hircus

The Napoletana is an Italian breed of domestic goat from the area south of Naples, in Campania in southern Italy. It is raised on the slopes of Vesuvius, on the slopes of the Monti Lattari, and in the Agro Nocerino Sarnese which lies between them.^[2] The origin of the breed is unknown.^[3] It may derive from goats of African origin imported to the area in the early years of the twentieth century; the alternative name Torca Nera, "black Turkish goat", suggests an origin in the Mediterranean basin.^[2]

The Napoletana 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;^[4][5] the herdbook was established in 2002.^[3] The Napoletana was in the past numerous. By the early 1980s the population had fallen substantially, to 2000–3000.^[2] At the end of 2013 the registered population was reported as 71.^[6][7]

Use

The milk yield of the Napoletana is high. In a lactation of 165 days it averages 350 litres for primiparous and 450 litres for pluriparous nannies. The milk has 4.7% fat, 3.4% protein and contains 5% lactose.^[8] Kids are usually slaughtered at a weight of 9–12 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. 375–76.
3. Lorenzo Noè, Alessandro Gaviraghi, Andrea D'Angelo, Adriana Bonanno, Adriana Di Trana, Lucia Sepe, Salvatore Claps, Giovanni Annicchiarico, Nicola Bacciu (2005). Le razze caprine d'Italia (in Italian); in: Giuseppe Pulina (2005). L' alimentazione della capra da latte. Bologna: Avenue Media. ISBN 9788886817493. p. 381–435. Archived 5 October 2014.
4. 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.
5. 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. 103. Accessed June 2014.
6. Consistenze Provinciali della Razza M0 Napoletana Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.
7. Breed data sheet: Napoletana/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
8. Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Napoletana": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed June 2014.