Photo Courtesy of C.H. Brooke, “b) The Carapella breed of Italy (1975) (photograph C.H. BROOKE).” on A survey of European primitive breeds of sheep (1), 1981
Metadata
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last Record
1979
Place of Breeding
Foggia, Apulia, Italy
Synonym
Gentile moretta | Moretta | Gentile a vello nero | Merinos a vello nero | Carapella | Carapelle
Extinction Reason
Contributed to the Gentile di Puglia
References
Brooke, C. H., & Ryder, M. L. (1978). Declining breeds of Mediterranean sheep. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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.
RYDER, M. L. (1981). A survey of European primitive breeds of sheep. Annales de Génétique et de Sélection Animale, 13(4), 381–418. https://doi.org/10.1051/gse:19810405
