Conservation status | FAO (2007): not at risk [1] |
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Country of origin | Italy |
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Standard | MIPAAF |
Use | milk |
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Skin color | flesh-pink |
Wool color | white [2] |
Face color | white |
Horn status | both sexes occasionally horned |
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The Jonica is a breed of domestic goat from the province of Taranto, in Puglia in southern Italy. [3] The origins of the breed are uncertain; it is thought to have originated from crossing of local varieties with the Maltese breed. [2] The Jonica is one of the eight autochthonous Italian goat breeds for which a genealogical herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders. [4] [5]
At the end of 2013 the registered population was 232. [6]
The annual milk yield of the Jonica goat is 350–400 litres. It is white