Table 3. Size of
population and importance of milk recording for dairy sheep breeds
with more than 10 % of recorded ewes (among the breeds of more than 10,000 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 |
|
|
COMISANA (Italy) |
750,000 |
94,934 (12.7 %) |
734 |
||
CORSE (France) |
95,000 |
17,230 (18.1 %) |
62 |
1,744 |
9 |
FRISARTA ( |
40,000 |
6,751 (16.9 %) |
79 |
||
KARRANZANA (Spain) |
15,200 |
4,232 (27.9 %) |
17 |
||
LACAUNE (France) |
780,000 |
173,419 (22.2 %) |
394 |
567,698 |
1,520 |
LANGHE (Italy) |
27,000 |
3,690 (13.7 %) |
112 |
||
LATXA BLACK-FACED |
278,000 |
60,984 (21.9 %) |
155 |
||
LATXA BLOND-FACED |
179,200 |
25,232 (14.1 %) |
56 |
||
MANECH & BASCO-BEARNAISE (France) |
474,000 |
101,775 (21.5 %) |
355 |
25,894 |
105 |
|
10,000 |
1,384 (13.8 %) |
9 |
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PINZIRITA ( |
207,000 |
65,453 (31,6 %) |
353 |
||
SERRES ( |
30,000 |
7,624 (25.4 %) |
77 |
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VALLE DEL BELICE |
68,097 |
516 |