Conservation status FAO (2007): not listed Distribution southern Lazio Use meat, also milk | Country of origin Italy Standard MIPAAF | |
Other names Capra Nera
Capra Nera Capestrina Similar Alpina Comune, Valdostana, Rossa Mediterranea, Argentata dell'Etna, Messinese | ||
The Capestrina is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from the southern part of Lazio, in southern central Italy. It originates in the provinces of Frosinone, Latina and Rome, on the spines of the Monti Aurunci, the Monti Ausoni and the Monti Lepini. It is also raised in the Monti delle Mainarde and in the Val Comino, and on the Monti Prenestini. Its geographical range is similar to that of the Bianca Monticellana and the Ciociara Grigia; it is however usually found on higher and less accessible terrain than those breeds.
The Capestrina is one of the forty-three autochthonous Italian goat breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders. At the end of 2013 the registered population was variously reported as 850 and as 991.
Use
The average milk yield of the Capestrina, over and above that taken by the kids, is 70 litres in 100 days for primiparous, 120 l in 150 days for secondiparous, and 150 l in 150 days for pluriparous, nannies.
Kids are slaughtered at about 40–50 days, at a weight of 10–12 kg; or, for Ferragosto, as caprettone or "large kid", at a live weight of about 20–25 kg.