Trimeticcia di Segezia
| Country of origin | Italy |
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| Traits | |
| Weight | Male: 65–70 kg |
| Female: 60–70 kg | |
| Wool color | white |
| Face color | white |
| Notes | |
| triple-purpose, meat, milk and wool | |
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Sheep Ovis aries | |
The Trimeticcia di Segezia is a modern breed of domestic sheep from Puglia in southern Italy.[1][2] It is named for the town of Segezia, a frazione of Foggia, where it was created at the Istituto Sperimentale per la Zootecnia, an experimental breeding station of the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture.[2] "Trimeticcia" means "three-way hybrid": the breed was created by cross-breeding Gentile di Puglia ewes with French Île-de-France rams, and then crossing the resultant hybrid with Württemberger rams; the resulting stock was selectively bred for adaptation to the climate and conditions of the area.[3] The range of the breed is principally the plain of the Tavoliere delle Puglie, but extends also into Molise.[2] The Trimeticcia di Segezia 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.[3]
In 1983 there were about 4000 head. There are no recent figures.[2] In 2013 no total number for the breed was recorded in the herdbook.[4] In 2005 a population of 188 was reported to DAD-IS.[1]
References
- 1 2 Breed data sheet: Trimeticcia di Segezia/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
- 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. 292–293.
- 1 2 Le razze ovine e caprine in Italia (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Ufficio centrale libri genealogici e registri anagrafici razze ovine e caprine. p. 79. Accessed September 2013.
- ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza TR TRIMETICCIA DI SEGEZIA Anno 2012 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.