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

(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



 

COMISANA (Italy)

750,000

94,934 (12.7 %)

734

 

 

CORSE (France)

95,000

17,230 (18.1 %)

62

1,744
(1,8 %)

9

FRISARTA (Greece)

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
(72.8 %)

1,520

LANGHE (Italy)

27,000

3,690 (13.7 %)

112

 

 

LATXA BLACK-FACED
(Spain)

278,000

60,984 (21.9 %)

155

 

 

LATXA BLOND-FACED
(Spain)

179,200

25,232 (14.1 %)

56

 

 

MANECH & BASCO-BEARNAISE (France)

474,000

101,775 (21.5 %)

355

25,894
(5.5 %)

105

MOUNTAIN of IPIROS (Greece)

10,000

1,384 (13.8 %)

9

 

 

PINZIRITA (Italy)

207,000

65,453 (31,6 %)

353

 

 

SERRES (Greece)

30,000

7,624 (25.4 %)

77

 

 

VALLE DEL BELICE
(Italy)

 

68,097

516