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Frizarta
GreekEFABIS Data
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International Name |
Frizarta |
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Local Name |
Frizarta |
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Location |
Epirus, Arta Prefecture |
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Breeding females
(year) |
50.000 |
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Trend of population size |
stable |
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Flock book established |
1999 |
Origin – history
This breed is a
synthetic breed formed in the period 1960 -1980. It is the result of
the crossing with Friesian rams in the beginning and with the use of
semen after 1968 of the local sheep population. The local population
was originally the Orino breed, however later this population was
influenced by plain local breeds, as the Katsika, Agriniou, Chios,
Zakynthos and Karagouniko breeds. The breed has been stabilised and
is very well adapted to the plain zones of Arta and Preveza.
Breed description
The breed is of
large size, with live weight ranging from 65 to 80 kg for the
females, and from 70 to 120 for the males. The colour is total
white, while some animals present red – brown rings around the eyes.
The head is large and hornless in both sexes and the animals have
fat tails. The breed is sensitive to the high temperatures. The
animals graze all year, while they also get complementary feeding
(concentrates and forage). The lambing season ranges from September
to March. The prolificacy rate is arounf 1.7. The breed is used for
milk, lamb and wool production. The milk is used to produce cheese,
and the wool is also of excellent quality. The average milk
production is about 250 kg. The lambs are weaned at the age of 2
months at a weight of 13.5 kg.
Conservation activities
The breed is under
milk recording and the programme is applied by the Farmers
Association with the supervision of the Genetic Improvement Centre
of Ioannina of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food. The
number of breeding ewes in the milk recording schemes is 3.536.
Herdbook was established in 1999.
Currently there are no semen samples or embryos conserved for this
breed.
Contact:Dr.
Christina Ligda, NAGREF, Agricultural Research Centre of Northern
Greece, Dept. Genetic Resources, e-mail:
chligda@nagref.gr,
chligda@otenet.gr
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