Jonica
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| Conservation status | FAO (2007): not at risk[1] |
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| Country of origin | Italy |
| Distribution | |
| Standard | MIPAAF |
| Use | milk |
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| Skin colour | unoigmented |
| Hair colour | white[2]: 370 |
| Face colour | white |
| Horn status | both sexes occasionally horned |
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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]
