Cornigliese
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| Country of origin | Italy |
| Distribution | Emilia–Romagna |
| Standard | MIPAAF |
| Use | triple-purpose, milk, meat and wool |
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| Wool colour | white, sometimes spotted |
| Face colour | spotted or mottled |
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The Cornigliese or Corniglio is an Italian breed of domestic sheep from the Apennines of the province of Parma, in Emilia–Romagna in central Italy.[2] It takes its name from the mountain town of Corniglio in that province; it may also be called Borgotarese after the town of Borgo Val di Taro which is about 40 km to the west.[3]: 54 It is raised in the provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, Parma, Ravenna and Reggio Emilia.[5]: 208
History
The Cornigliese breed was created in the mid-eighteenth century by the Borboni of Parma by crossing the local Vissana breed[6]: 789 with Spanish merinos to improve the quality of the wool, at that time the most important attribute of sheep.[3]: 54 In the early twentieth century, the weight was increased by intromission of Bergamasca blood.[2][5]: 208 The Cornigliese is one of the forty-two autochthonous local sheep breeds of limited distribution for which a herd-book is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.[3]: 54
The conservation status of the Cornigliese was listed as "endangered" by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2007.[1]: 68 Between 2000 and 2014 total numbers recorded for the breed fell steadily from 2179 to 1369.[7][8]
References
- ^ a b Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to: The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d Breed data sheet: Cornigliese / Italy (Sheep). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Le razze ovine e caprine in Italia (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Ufficio centrale libri genealogici e registri anagrafici razze ovine e caprine. Accessed September 2013.
- ^ a b c d Norme tecniche della popolazione ovina “Cornigliese (Corniglio)”: standard della razza (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali. Accessed May 2014.
- ^ a b Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594.
- ^ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
- ^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza 72 Corniglio Anno 2000 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2015.
- ^ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza 72 Corniglio Anno 2014 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2015.