Tacola
Country of originItaly
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    95 kg
  • Female:
    80 kg
Wool colorwhite
Face colorwhite
Notes
meat


The Tacola is a breed of domestic sheep from the mountains of Piemonte in north-west Italy.[1][2] It is raised in the provinces of Biella, Cuneo and Turin, particularly in the area of Biella and the Valsesia.[2] It apparently derives from the Biellese, from which it is distinguished by its short ears.[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.[3]

In 1983 the population was estimated at 100 head, and in 2000 it was 1,950. In 2013 the total number for the breed was 5,350.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Breed data sheet: Tacola/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
  2. 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. 286–287.
  3. 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. 77. Accessed September 2013.
  4. ↑ Consistenze Provinciali della Razza R5 TACOLA Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.



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