:Saltasassi

{{Infobox sheep breed

| name = Saltasassi

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| status = {{nowrap|FAO (2007): endangered{{r|barb|page=69}}}}

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| distribution = {{ubl|Verbano Cusio Ossola|Novara}}

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| type = Upland

| use = Meat

| country = Italy

| maleweight = 60 kg

| femaleweight = 45–50 kg

| woolcolour = White

| facecolour = White

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The Saltasassi is an Italian breed of upland sheep, reared for meat. It originates in the provinces of Verbano Cusio Ossola{{r|bigi}} and Novara in the northern part of Piemonte, in north-west Italy.{{r|dad}} It is one of the forty-two autochthonous local sheep breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.{{r|aspa}}

The population in 1983 was estimated at 2500.{{r|bigi|dad}} In 2013 the total number for the breed was not recorded; in 2012 it was 37.{{r|aspa2}} A study conducted by the region of Piemonte in 2000 found the Saltasassi to be virtually extinct.{{r|bigi}}

References

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[http://www.assonapa.it/Pubblicazioni/Razze-ovine-caprine-Italia/Razze_Ovine_Caprine_Italia.pdf Le razze ovine e caprine in Italia] (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Ufficio centrale libri genealogici e registri anagrafici razze ovine e caprine. p. 72. Accessed September 2013.

[http://www.assonapa.it/Consistenze/Cons_razza.asp?Cod_razza=G0 Consistenze Provinciali della Razza G0 SALTASASSI Anno 2012] (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.

Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20200623201209/http://www.fao.org/3/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110125634/http://www.fao.org/3/a-a1250e.pdf The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture]. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. {{ISBN|9789251057629}}. Archived 23 June 2020.

Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. {{ISBN|9788850652594}}. p. 268–269.

[http://dad.fao.org/ Breed data sheet: Saltasassi/Italy]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.

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Category:Sheep breeds originating in Italy