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Orobica goat
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Orobica goat

Place of Origin Italy
Origin The Orobica or Valgerola is a breed of domestic goat from the Val Gerola in the province of Sondrio, in the Bergamo Alps of northern Italy. It is raised in the Val Gerola and the Valchiavenna in the province of Sondrio, in the Alto Lario Occidentale, the Valsassina and the Val Varrone in the province of Como, and in the upper Val Brembana in the Province of Bergamo. The origins of the breed are unknown; it is first documented at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Purpose Milk
Characteristics The Orobica goat is of medium size. Both sexes have long horns and erect ears. The coat is lustrous, composed of fine long hair, with a colour varying from uniform ash-grey to violet-beige.

Weight
Male: 80 kg (175 lb)
Female: 65 kg (145 lb)

Height
Male: 79 cm (31 in)
Female: 73 cm (29 in)

Horn status:
rams always horned, females occasionally hornless
Other Considerations The Orobica 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. At the end of 2013 the registered population was 1109.
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