Roccaverano | |
Country: | Italy |
Distribution: | Piemonte |
Standard: | MIPAAF |
Use: | milk, also meat |
Maleweight: | 70–80 kg |
Femaleweight: | 55 kg |
Maleheight: | 85–90 cm |
Femaleheight: | 80–85 cm |
Coat: | variable: white, brown or black |
Horns: | usually hornless |
Beard: | usually bearded |
Tassels: | present in about 50% |
The Roccaverano is an Italian breed of large domestic goat from the Langhe, in the provinces of Asti and Cuneo, in Piemonte in north-western Italy. It is raised mainly in the Langa Astigiana, mostly within the }, and is named for the town and comune of Roccaverano in that area. The origins of the breed are unknown.
The Roccaverano 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 and as .
The milk yield of the Roccaverano per lactation of about 240 days is litres for primiparous, litres for secondiparous, and litres for pluriparous, nannies. The milk averages 3.30% fat and 3.05% protein, and is all used to make robiola, either Robiola di Roccaverano, made with a mixture of cow's milk, goat's milk and sheep's milk, which has DOP status; or the pure goat's-milk Robiola di Roccaverano pura caprina.
Kids 30–45 days old and weighing are slaughtered at Easter time.