Country of origin Italy | Wool color off-white | |
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Weight Male: 60–70 kg
Female: 50–55 kg Face color white with reddish markings,
black tip to nose,
black "spectacles" | ||
The Rosset is a breed of domestic sheep from the Valle d'Aosta in north-west Italy. It is morphologically similar to the Savoiarda breed from Piemonte and to the Thônes et Marthod breed from Savoie; it may have been influenced also by the Blanc des Alpes and the Biellese. 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.
In 2013 the total number recorded for the breed was 919.
References
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