Basco-Béarnaise
{{Short description|Basque breed of sheep}}
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The Basco-Béarnaise or Vasca Carranzana is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the Basque country. It was developed from Basque and Béarnaise sheep during the 1960s to be a single-purpose milk breed.
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/basco-bearnais/index.htm
|title=Basco-Béarnais
|work=Breeds of Livestock
|publisher=Oklahoma State University, Dept. of Animal Science
|accessdate=2009-05-15
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907225602/http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/basco-bearnais/index.htm
|archivedate=2008-09-07
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Origins
Morphology
File:Basco-bearnaise brebis troupeau.jpg]]
Its wool is long, white and hanging. Its horns form a spiral around the ear. Its head and hooves are coloured reddish-yellow.
Rams are horned and the ewes may be either horned or polled (hornless). Both sexes display white and are unicolored.
{{cite web
|url=http://dad.fao.org/
|title=Béarnais/France
|work=Breed data sheet
|publisher=Domestic Animal Diversity Information System
|accessdate=2009-05-15}}
The mature rams weigh {{convert|80|kg|lb|abbr=on}} and grow to {{convert|90|cm|in|abbr=on}} at the withers on average. Ewes grow to {{convert|75|cm|in|abbr=on}} at the withers and weigh {{convert|55|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.
Aptitude
It is a dairy breed, which issued from the AOC Ossau-Iraty, derived from the ewes of the Pyrénées. A ewe of this breed produces 120 litres over 130 days of lactation, producing a milk rich in matière grasse (7,42%) and in proteins (5,39%).
It is a rural breed, which lambs in spring and produces milk in the summer, passing on the richness of the Pyrénéan flora through its milk.
Image:Basco-Béarnaise_profil.JPG|Head of an ewe
Image:Basco-Béarnaise_troupeau.JPG|Flock of ewes near Arudy in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
See also
References
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{{Sheep breeds of France}}
{{Basque animal breeds}}
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Category:Basque domestic animal breeds
Category:Sheep breeds originating in Spain
Category:Sheep breeds originating in France
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