Sarda Primitiva

Sarda Primitiva

Conservation status	FAO (2007): not listed[1]
Other names	Sarda primitiva
Country of origin	Sardinia, Italy
Distribution	Ogliastra Sarrabus-Gerrei Sulcis-Iglesiente
Standard	MIPAAF
Use	milk
Traits
Weight	Male: 60–65 kg[2] Female: 50–55 kg[2]
Height	Male: 75 cm[2] Female: 65 cm[2]
Horn status	usually horned in both sexes
Goat Capra aegagrus hircus

The Sarda Primitiva is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, off the west coast of Italy.^[3] It is quite distinct from the better-known Sarda breed of goat.^[4] It is raised in the mountainous areas of the historic sub-regions of Ogliastra, of Sarrabus-Gerrei and of Sulcis-Iglesiente.^[2] 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 5399.^[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. Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Sarda primitiva": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed June 2014.
3. Breed data sheet: Sarda primitiva/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
4. Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 420–21.
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 N2 Sarda primitiva Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.