Metadata

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

Last Record

1983

Place of Breeding

Val Masino, Sondrio, northern Italy

Description

Rediscovered in autumn 2013.

References

Breeding back the Tyrolean chicken: Actuality. Mountain Heritage Network (Pro Patrimonio Montano). (n.d.). http://www.tirolerhuhn.org/en/actual.htm

Conservation of Ciuta Sheep - smallest sheep in the Alps !. Pro Patrimonio Montano (PatriMont). (2017). https://www.patrimont.org/en/ciuta-sheep

FAO. (1997). 2.2. RAZAS DESAPARECIDAS. Lista Mundial de Vigilancia para la Diversidad de los Animales Domésticos. (2a ÉDICIÓN). https://www.fao.org/4/V8300S/v8300s0s.htm (in French)

Grunenfelder, H.-P., Müller, N., & Bussaglia, U. (2003). Agricultural Genetic Resources in the Alps. Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe.

Kusstatscher, K., Cerasa, S., & Grunenfelder, H. (2014). Ciuta sheep - the smallest sheep of the Alps !. The Mountain Heritage Network (Pro Patrimonio Montano): Project to breed back the Tyrolean chicken. http://tirolerhuhn.org/en/Ciuta.htm

Porter, V., & Mason, I. L. (2002). Mason’s World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties (5th ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Publishing.

Porter, V., Alderson, L., Hall, S. J. G., & Sponenberg, D. P. (2016). Mason’s World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding: 2 Volume Pack (1st ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI.