# Bormina > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bormina > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bormina.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bormina > Source revision: 1328882468 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian breed of goat Bormina Conservation status FAO (2007): no data[1] Other names Frisa Rossa Country of origin Italy Distribution Valtellina, Province of Sondrio Standard none (not recognised) Use milk[2] Traits Coat reddish, with Swiss markings Horn status usually horned Beard males usually bearded Goat Capra aegagrus hircus The **Bormina** is an Italian [breed](/source/List_of_goat_breeds) of [domestic goat](/source/Goat) findigenous to the [Valtellina](/source/Valtellina), in the northern part of the [province of Sondrio](/source/Province_of_Sondrio), in [Lombardy](/source/Lombardy) in northern Italy. It is particularly associated with the area of the [comune](/source/Comune) of [Bormio](/source/Bormio), from which its name derives. Because of the reddish colour of its coat and its clear [Swiss markings](/source/Swiss_markings) ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *frisature*, white stripes on the face, white legs, belly and peri-anal area), it may also be call the **Frisa Rossa**. It is raised mainly in the Valtellina but is also reported from the [Lario](/source/Lario) and from the area of [Varese](/source/Varese). It does not have official recognition in Italy, and breed numbers are very low. Management is [extensive](/source/Extensive_farming): the animals are kept on high [alpine pasture](/source/Alpine_pasture) in the summer months, and brought under cover in winter.[3] ## History The origins of the Bormina are unknown. It may derive from [Toggenburg](/source/Toggenburg_(goat)) stock from north-east Switzerland imported to the Valtellina in 1941 and 1942 for its high productivity of milk, and cross-bred with local strains, or may have arisen from older traditional long-term cultural interchange.[3] The Bormina also shows similarity to the [Bionda dell'Adamello](/source/Bionda_dell'Adamello) breed from the [Val Camonica](/source/Val_Camonica).[4] The Bormina is not officially recognised as a breed, and is not among the forty-three autochthonous Italian goat breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the [Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia](/source/Associazione_Nazionale_della_Pastorizia), the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders.[5][6] It is, however, reported to the [DAD-IS](/source/DAD-IS) database of the [FAO](/source/FAO).[2] Numbers were reported at 100 in 1992; there is no more recent data.[3] The breed is under competitive pressure from the [Frisa Valtellinese](/source/Frisa_Valtellinese) or Frontalasca, which is raised in the same geographical area.[4] ## Use The Bormina is an excellent dairy breed.[3] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-barb_1-0)** Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). [List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources](https://web.archive.org/web/20200623201209/http://www.fao.org/3/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf), annex to: [*The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture*](https://web.archive.org/web/20170110125634/http://www.fao.org/3/a-a1250e.pdf). Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789251057629](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789251057629). Archived 23 June 2020. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dad_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dad_2-1) [Breed data sheet: Bormina/Italy](http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport8a_50006860). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bigi_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bigi_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bigi_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-bigi_3-3) Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). *Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia* (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9788850652594](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788850652594). p. 346–47. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-corti_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-corti_4-1) Michele Corti, Luigi Andrea Brambilla (2002). [Le razze autoctone caprine dell’arco alpino e i loro sistemi di allevamento](http://www.ruralpini.it/file/Ruralismo/Materiali%20ruralisti/capre_autoctone_alpine.pdf) (in Italian). Conference papers: L’allevamento ovicaprino nelle Alpi: Razze, tradizioni e prodotti in sintonia con l’ambiente; Cavalese, 21 September 2002. p. 61–80. Accessed July 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-dm_5-0)** [Strutture Zootecniche (Dec. 2009/712/CE - Allegato 2 - Capitolo 2)](https://web.archive.org/web/20140504172524/http://www.politicheagricole.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeAttachment.php/L/IT/D/1%252Ff%252F9%252FD.8551668d49c199df1401/P/BLOB%3AID%3D2023) (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Section **I** (e). Archived 4 May 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-aspa_6-0)** [Norme tecniche e consistenze](http://www.assonapa.it/norme_ecc/Indexnorme.asp) (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed July 2014. v t e Goat breeds of Italy These are the principal goat breeds considered in Italy to be wholly or partly of Italian origin; inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Italian. 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