Trimeticcia di Segezia
Italian breed of sheep
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The Trimeticcia di Segezia is a modern breed of domestic sheep from Puglia in southern Italy.[3]: 292 [2] It is named for the town of Segezia, a frazione of Foggia, where it was created at the Istituto Sperimentale per la Zootecnia, an experimental breeding station of the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture.[3]: 292 "Trimeticcia" means "three-way hybrid": the breed was created by cross-breeding Gentile di Puglia ewes with French Île-de-France rams, and then crossing the resultant hybrid with Württemberger rams; the resulting stock was selectively bred for adaptation to the climate and conditions of the area.[4]: 79 The range of the breed is principally the plain of the Tavoliere delle Puglie, but extends also into Molise.[3]: 292 The Trimeticcia di Segezia is one of the forty-two autochthonous local sheep breeds of limited distribution for which a herd-book is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.[4]: 79
- Male: 65–70 kg
- Female:60–70 kg
In 1983 there were about 4000 head.[3]: 293 In 2013 no total number for the breed was recorded in the herd-book.[5] In 2023 a population of 188 was reported to DAD-IS;for 2022 the reported population was 97 head – 92 ewes and 5 rams.[2]
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