Roccaverano goat explained

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 .

Use

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.