The Massese has common origins with the other indigenous sheep breeds of the Apennines.[1] It is one of the seventeen autochthonous Italian sheep breeds for which a genealogical herd-book is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.[2] The herd-book was established in 1971.[3] In 1986 total numbers for the breed were recorded as 182690, of which 66% were in Tuscany and 27% in Emilia–Romagna. In 2006 the population was estimated at 55000, of which 16477 were registered in the herd-book;[1] in 2013 the number recorded in the herd-book was 8423.[4]
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The Massese remains in oestrus throughout the year, and normally lambs three times every two years; this, coupled with a twinning rate of 135%, allows production of two lambs per year. The lambs are slaughtered at a weight of 10–15 kg.[1]
The milk yield is about 120 ± 32 litres per lactation for primiparous, and 138 ± 45 litres for pluriparous, ewes; it may reach 300–350 litres per lactation. The milk has on average 6.2% fat and 5.3% protein.[2]
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^ abcdeDaniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN9788850652594. p. 242–243.
^ abLe razze ovine e caprine in Italia (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Ufficio centrale libri genealogici e registri anagrafici razze ovine e caprine. p. 13. Accessed January 2014.
^Breed data sheet: Massese/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2014.
^Consistenze Provinciali della Razza 22 Massese Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed January 2014.
January 01, 1970
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