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| altname ={{unbulleted list|Brentegana Scelta|Brentegana Trentina|Brentegana Comune}}
| country = Italy
| distribution =
| standard = MIPAAF
| type =
| use = {{unbulleted list|Scelta: dual-purpose, meat and wool|Comune: milk}}
| maleweight = Scelta: 90-100 kg
Comune:
| femaleweight = Scelta: 70–80 kg
Comune: 53 kg
| maleheight = Scelta: 90–95 cm
Comune:
| femaleheight = Scelta: 80–85 cm
Comune: 71 cm
| skincolor =
| woolcolor = white
| facecolor = white
| horns = hornless in both sexes
| note =
}}The Brentegana is a breed of sheep from the provinces of Trento and Verona in northern Italy.[2] The name derives from that of the comune of Brentonico, the area where the breed is thought to have originated. Two distinct types are known, the Brentegana Scelta or Brentegana Trentina, a large heavy meat/wool type, and the Brentegana Comune, a medium-sized type more suitable for milk production.[3] The ancestry of the breed is not clear: it has been suggested that it derives from the Lamon breed,[ but this is disputed.[3] It is one of the forty-two autochthonous local sheep breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.]
In 2013 total numbers for the breed were not recorded.[ A population of 14 was reported in 2005.[2] The conservation status of the breed was listed as "critical" by the FAO in 2007.]
References
1. ^1 2 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. {{ISBN|9788850652594}}. p. 192–93.
2. ^1 2 Breed data sheet: Brentegana/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
. Accessed May 2014.