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}}The Messinese is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from the area of the Monti Nebrodi and the Monti Peloritani in the province of Messina, in the Mediterranean island of Sicily, in southern Italy. It is raised mainly in those areas, but also in the provinces of Catania, Enna and Palermo.[2] Its range partly overlaps that of the Argentata dell'Etna. The breed was officially recognised and a herd-book established in 2001. It was previously known either as the Capra dei Nebrodi (in that area) or in general as the Siciliana Comune.[2]
The Messinese 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.[12][ At the end of 2013 the registered population was variously reported as 9814][ and as 10,409;[15] the total population is estimated at 42,000.[3]]
Use
The milk yield per lactation of the Messinese is {{nowrap|137 ± 66 litres}} for primiparous, {{nowrap|170 ± 35 l}} for secondiparous, and {{nowrap|188 ± 36 l}} for pluriparous, nannies.[ The milk averages 5.83% fat and 4.13% protein, and is used mostly to make caprino and mixed-milk cheeses.[2]]
References
1. ^1 2 3 4 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. {{ISBN|9788850652594}}. p. 373–74.
2. ^1 Breed data sheet: Messinese/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
3. ^1 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140504172524/http://www.politicheagricole.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeAttachment.php/L/IT/D/1%252Ff%252F9%252FD.8551668d49c199df1401/P/BLOB%3AID%3D2023 Strutture Zootecniche (Dec. 2009/712/CE - Allegato 2 - Capitolo 2)] (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Section I (e). Archived 4 December 2013.
4. ^1 2 3 4 5 Lorenzo Noè, Alessandro Gaviraghi, Andrea D'Angelo, Adriana Bonanno, Adriana Di Trana, Lucia Sepe, Salvatore Claps, Giovanni Annicchiarico, Nicola Bacciu (2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20141005120512/http://www.istitutospallanzani.it/doc/220.pdf Le razze caprine d'Italia] (in Italian); in: Giuseppe Pulina (2005). L' alimentazione della capra da latte. Bologna: Avenue Media. {{ISBN|9788886817493}}. {{nobreak|p. 381–435.}} Archived 5 October 2014.
. Accessed June 2014.