Table
2. Size of population and importance of milk recording for dairy sheep breeds
accounting for more than 10 000 recorded ewes.
SIZE OF POPULATION: |
OFFICIAL
MILK RECORDING |
OTHER
MILK RECORDING |
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BREED |
TOTAL NUMBER OF FEMALES |
Number of recorded females (%
population) |
Number of recorded flocks |
Number of recorded females |
Number of recorded flocks |
ASSAF & AWASSI |
46,200 |
14,975 (32.4 %) |
22 |
|
|
CHURRA (Spain) |
750,000 |
30,709 (4.1 %) |
76 |
||
COMISANA (Italy) |
750,000 |
94,934 (12.7 %) |
734 |
||
CORSE (France) |
95,000 |
17,230 (18.1 %) |
62 |
1,744 |
9 |
KARAGOUNIKI (Greece) |
210,000 |
18,538 (8.8 %) |
281 |
||
LACAUNE (France) |
780,000 |
173,419 (22.2 %) |
394 |
567,698 |
1,520 |
LATXA BLACK-FACED (Spain) |
278,000 |
60,984 (21.9 %) |
155 |
||
LATXA BLOND-FACED (Spain) |
179,200 |
25,232 (14.1 %) |
56 |
||
LESVOS (Greece) |
200,000 |
10,850 (5.4 %) |
92 |
||
MANECH & BASCO-BEARNAISE (France) |
474,000 |
101,775 (21.5 %) |
355 |
25,894 |
105 |
MANCHEGA (Spain) |
1,000,000 |
51,000 (5.1 %) |
103 |
||
PINZIRITA (Italy) |
207,000 |
65,453 (31,6 %) |
353 |
||
SARDA (Italy) |
4,700,000 |
216,900 (4.6 %) |
1,200 |
||
VALLE DEL BELICE (Italy) |
68,097 |
516 |