Ciuta sheep

Ciuta
Conservation status	FAO (2007): extinct
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	province of Sondrio
Use	meat
Traits
Weight	Male: 35–40 kg; Female: 30–35 kg;
Height	Male: 45-50 cm; Female: 40–45 cm;
Wool color	straw-white
Face color	white
Horn status	horned in both sexes
	Sheep; Ovis aries;

The Ciuta is or was a breed of small mountain sheep from the province of Sondrio, in Lombardy in northern Italy.^[3] There has been no census of the breed since 1983, and it may be extinct; a small number were identified in 2001.^[2] It originates in the mountainous terrain of the Val Masino and the Valchiavenna, in an area where Lombard is spoken; ciuta means "little sheep" in the local language. It probably has common origins with the Ciavenasca breed from the same area. It is raised only for meat; the wool is of very poor quality, and the milk is sufficient only for the lambs.^[2] The breed is not recognised by the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture and forestry, and is not among 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.^[4]

The breed was listed as "extinct" by the FAO in 2007.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources^{[dead link]}, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed May 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 200–201.
^ Breed data sheet: Ciuta/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2014.
^ 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 May 2014.

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[barb-1] Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources^{[dead link]}, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed May 2014.

[bigi-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594. p. 200–201.

[dad-3] Breed data sheet: Ciuta/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2014.

[aspa-4] 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 May 2014.

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Traits
Conservation status	FAO (2007): extinct^[1]
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	province of Sondrio
Use	meat
Weight	Male: 35–40 kg^[2] Female: 30–35 kg^[2]
Height	Male: 45-50 cm^[2] Female: 40–45 cm^[2]
Wool color	straw-white
Face color	white
Horn status	horned in both sexes
Sheep Ovis aries