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Other names | Capra Passiria |
Country of origin | Italy |
Distribution | Autonomous Province of Bolzano |
Standard | MIPAAF |
Use | formerly milk, now mainly meat [3] : 382 |
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Weight | |
Coat | variable, sometimes with Swiss markings |
Horn status | horned in both sexes |
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The Passeirer Gebirgsziege or Capra Passiria is an Italian breed of domestic goat indigenous to the Passeier valley or Val Passiria, in the Autonomous Province of Bolzano in north-eastern Italy. It is raised in that valley and in the neighbouring Sarntal (Val Sarentino), Schnalstal (Val Senales) and upper Wipptal (Alta Vall'Isarco) valleys; it is also present in neighbouring areas of southern Austria. While of Alpine type, it is morphologically quite distinct from the Alpina Comune goat breed. [3] : 382 Management is extensive: the animals are kept on alpine pasture from early spring to late autumn. [5]
The Passeirer Gebirgsziege 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. [6] [7] : 106 At the end of 2013 the registered population was variously reported as 3354 [8] and as 2531. [9] The population reported for 2021 was just over 11000 head, and the conservation status of the breed in 2023 was 'not at risk'. [2]