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| woolcolor = white
| facecolor = white
| horns = hornless in both sexes
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}}The Finarda is a breed of large domestic sheep from the regions of Lombardy and Piemonte in northern Italy.[6] It is heavy breed raised mainly for meat, although it also yields 4–6 kg of wool per year. It results from cross-breeding the Bergamasca and Biellese breeds.[7][ 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.][ However, in 2008 the herdbook was empty, and may in fact never have been activated.[7] Most data for the breed dates from 1983.[7]]
The conservation status of the breed was listed as "not at risk" by the FAO in 2007.[ In 2013 total numbers for the breed were not reported;][ the population is estimated at 5000 head.]
References
1. ^1 2 3 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. {{ISBN|9788850652594}}. p. 218–19.
2. ^1 Breed data sheet: Finarda/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
. Accessed May 2014.