Jonica
Breed of goat
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The Jonica is an Italian breed of domestic goat from the province of Taranto, in Puglia in southern Italy.[3] Its origins are uncertain; it is thought to derive from crossing of local varieties with the Maltese breed.[2]: 369 It is one of the eight autochthonous Italian goat breeds for which a genealogical herd-book is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.[4]: 32 [5]
In 1998 the total number of the goats was estimated at 20000 head.[2]: 369 At the end of 2013 the registered population was 232.[6]
Use
It is reared principally for milk. The annual milk yield for pluriparous nannies is some 450–500 litres in a lactation of some 250–270 days; most of it used to make canestrati or cacioricotta.[2]: 370
