Capestrina

{{short description|Italian breed of goat}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2014}} {{use list-defined references|date=June 2014}} {{use British English|date=June 2014}} {{infobox goat breed | name = Capestrina | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | status = {{nobreak|[[FAO]] (2007): not listed{{r|barb}}}} | altname = {{ubl|Capra Nera|Capra Nera Capestrina}} | nickname = | country = Italy | distribution = southern [[Lazio]] | standard = [http://www.assonapa.it/norme_ecc/CAPRINI-RA_Standard_WEB/Capestrina.htm MIPAAF] | use = meat, also milk{{r|bigi|p=328}} | maleweight = 85 kg{{r|aspa3}} | femaleweight = 46–53 kg{{r|aspa3}} | maleheight = 93–94 cm{{r|aspa3}} | femaleheight = 74–79 cm{{r|aspa3}} | type = | skincolour. = | haircolour = black; limbs often pale | facecolour = black, often with white markings | horns = horned in both sexes{{r|bigi|p=328}} | beard = bearded{{r|bigi|p=328}} | tassels = not always present{{r|bigi|p=328}} | note = }}

The '''Capestrina''' is an Italian [[list of goat breeds|breed]] of [[goat|domestic goat]] from the southern part of [[Lazio]], in southern central Italy. It is one of three breeds of goat in the area, the others being the [[Bianca Monticellana]] and the [[Ciociara Grigia]],{{r|cabi|p=396}} but is usually found on higher and less accessible terrain than those breeds.{{r|bigi|p=328}}

== History ==

The Capestrina originates in the [[provinces of Italy|provinces]] of [[province of Frosinone|Frosinone]], [[province of Latina|Latina]] and [[province of Rome|Rome]], on the spines of the [[Monti Aurunci]], the [[Monti Ausoni]] and the [[Monti Lepini]]. It is also raised in the [[Monti delle Mainarde]] and in the [[Val Comino]], and on the [[Monti Prenestini]].{{r|aspa3|arsial}} Its geographical range is similar to that of the [[Bianca Monticellana]] and the [[Ciociara Grigia]]; it is however usually found on higher and less accessible terrain than those breeds.{{r|bigi|p=328}}

It is one of the forty-three autochthonous Italian goat breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the [[Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia]], the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders.{{r|dm}} At the end of 2013 the registered population was variously reported as {{val|850}}{{r|aspa2}} and as {{val|991}}.{{r|dad}}

== Characteristics ==

The Capestrina is of medium size: weights for nannies are commonly in the range {{val|46|–|53|u=kg}}, with a height at the [[withers]] of some {{val|74|–|79|u=cm}}, while billies normally weigh from {{val|80|to|85|u=kg}} and stand {{val|93|–|94|u=cm}}.{{r|aspa3|bigi|p2=329}} The coat is either black or near-black ({{lang|it|nero focato}}, 'seal black');{{r|cabi|p=396}} some have white [[Swiss markings]] on the face, and these often have white on the beard, the edges of the ears, the lower legs, the belly and the perianal area.{{r|bigi|p=328|aspa3}} The hair of the coat varies in length from about {{val|5|u=cm}} to more than {{val|15|u=cm}}.{{r|bigi|p=329}} The goats are always bearded, billies particularly heavily so; the horns are large and spreading, and considerably flattened at the base.{{r|aspa3}}

== Use ==

The average [[goat's milk|milk]] yield of the Capestrina, over and above that taken by the kids, is {{val|70}} litres in 100 days for [[primiparous]], {{val|120}} litres in 150 days for [[secondiparous]], and {{val|150}} litres in 150 days for [[pluriparous]], nannies.{{r|aspa3}}

Kids are slaughtered at about 40–50 days, at a weight of {{val|10|–|12|u=kg}}; or, for [[Ferragosto]], as ''caprettone'' ('large kid'), at a live weight of about {{val|20|–|25|u=kg}}.{{r|aspa3}}

== References == <references>

<ref name=arsial>[http://www.arsial.regione.lazio.it/portalearsial/RegistroVolontarioRegionale/AN/Schede/76.htm Registro Volontario Regionale delle risorse genetiche autoctone di interesse agrario a rischio di erosione (Legge Regionale 1 marzo 2000 n. 15): Capra Nera Capestrina] (in Italian). Agenzia Regionale per lo Sviluppo e l'Innovazione dell'Agricoltura del Lazio. Accessed June 2014.</ref>

<ref name=aspa2>[http://www.assonapa.it/Consistenze/Cons_razza.asp?Anno=2013&Cod_razza=Q6 Consistenze Provinciali della Razza Q6 Capestrina Anno 2013] (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.</ref>

<ref name=aspa3>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923190925/http://www.assonapa.it/norme_ecc/CAPRINI-RA_Standard_WEB/Capestrina.htm Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Capestrina": standard della razza] (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Archived 23 September 2015.</ref>

<ref name=barb>Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). [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 List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110125634/http://www.fao.org/3/a-a1250e.pdf ''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.</ref>

<ref name=bigi>Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). ''Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia'' (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. {{ISBN|9788850652594}}. p. 328–29.</ref>

<ref name=cabi>Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). [https://books.google.it/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ&hl=en ''Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding''] (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. {{isbn|9781780647944}}.</ref>

<ref name=dad>[http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport8a_175000012 Breed data sheet: Capestrina/Italy]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.</ref>

<ref name=dm>[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 Strutture Zootecniche (Dec. 2009/712/CE - Allegato 2 - Capitolo 2)] (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Section '''I''' (e). Archived 4 May 2014.</ref>

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