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- ↑ Laura La Torre (16 February 2007). Disciplinare del Registro Anagrafico delle popolazioni ovine e caprine autoctone a limitata diffusione (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Accessed January 2017.
- ↑ Breed data sheet: Turchessa/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2017.