Valfortorina

Valfortorina
Conservation status	FAO (2007): critical
Other names	Capra di Benevento
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	province of Benevento
Standard	MIPAAF
Use	milk
Traits
Weight	Male: 70 kg; Female: 60 kg;
Height	Male: 85 cm; Female: 75 cm;
Wool color	variable
Horn status	usually hornless
	Goat; Capra hircus;

The Valfortorina or Capra di Benevento is a rare breed of domestic goat from the Val Fortore in the province of Benevento, in Campania in southern Italy. It survives in very low numbers, and its conservation status was listed as "critical" by the FAO in 2007.^[1] A small number are kept at Benevento by the Consorzio per la Sperimentazione, Divulgazione e Applicazione di Biotecniche Innovative (ConsDABI), the institution responsible for the conservation of genetic resources in Italy.^[2]

The Valfortorina 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]^[6] There has been no entry in the herdbook for many years.^[7] At the end of 2008 a population of 49 was reported.^[8]

Use

Data from 1983 gives a milk yield for the Valfortorina of 300–350 kg in 240–270 days for pluriparous nannies.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 402–03.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Valfortorina": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed June 2014.
^ 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.
^ 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. 12. Accessed June 2014.
^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza N7 Di Benevento Valfortorina Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.
^ Breed data sheet: Valfortorina/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.