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
(A or B or E nomenclature)

OTHER MILK RECORDING
(D nomenclature)

BREED
(country)

TOTAL NUMBER OF FEMALES

Number of recorded females (% population)

Number of recorded flocks

Number of recorded females
(% population)

Number of recorded flocks

ASSAF & AWASSI
(Israel)

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
(1,8 %)

9

KARAGOUNIKI (Greece)

210,000

18,538 (8.8 %)

281

 

 

LACAUNE (France)

780,000

173,419 (22.2 %)

394

567,698
(72.8 %)

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
(5.5 %)

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