Garfagnina goat

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Garfagnina
Capra Garfagnina 3 (cropped).jpg
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not listed [1] : 67 
  • DAD-IS (2025): at risk/endangered [2]
Other names
  • Garfagnana
  • Garfagnina Bianca
  • Capra della Media Valle del Serchio
  • Capra della Controneria
  • Controneria
Country of originItaly
Distribution province of Lucca
Standard MIPAAF
Usemilk and meat [3] : 361 
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    70 kg [4]
  • Female:
    47 kg [4]
Height
  • Male:
    83 cm [4]
  • Female:
    75 cm [4]
Coatvariable
Horn statussometimes horned [5]
Beardbearded [5]
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus
Nineteenth-century engraving by L. Victor Capra Garfagnina, engraving by L. Victor.jpg
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 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. [3] : 360  It is probably the last remnant of the Apennine type of goat of Emilia, Liguria and Tuscany. [3] : 360 

The Garfagnina is one of the forty-three autochthonous Italian goat breeds of limited distribution for which a herd-book is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders. [6] The breed was in the past much more numerous; the estimated total population fell from about 5000 to 2500 between 1989 and 2006. [5] At the end of 2013 the number registered was 354; [7] [2] for 2023 a total pollution of 441 head was reported, including 365 breeding nannies and 33 active billies. [2]

Use

The average milk yield of the Garfagnina is 215 litres in 195 days. [3] The milk averages 3.97% milk-fat and 3.32% milk protein. [4]

Kids are slaughtered at about 40 days, when they weigh some 11 kg. [3] : 361 

References

  1. ↑ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (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: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN   9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Breed data sheet: Garfagnina Bianca / Italy (Goat). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN   9788850652594.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Garfagnana": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Archived 23 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 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], pages 113–118.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza M5 Garfagnana Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Archived 23 September 2015.


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