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{{Short description|Breed of goat}}
{{about|a goat breed from the Italian [[Bergamo Alps|Alpi Orobie]] region|the former [[Italian Army]] brigade|Alpine Brigade Orobica}}
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{{Infobox goat breed
| name          = Orobica
| image         = Razza orobica abc5.JPG
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| status        =  {{nobreak|[[FAO]] (2007): not at risk<ref name=barb/>}}
| altname       = Valgerola
| nickname      =
| country       = Italy
| distribution  = {{unbulleted list|[[Province of Sondrio]]|[[Province of Bergamo]]|[[Province of Como]]|[[Province of Lecco]]}}
| standard      = {{unbulleted list|[http://www.assonapa.it/norme_ecc/caprini_llgg/orobica.htm MIPAAF (LG)]|[http://www.assonapa.it/norme_ecc/CAPRINI-RA_Standard_WEB/OROBICA.htm MIPAAF (RA)]}}
| use           = milk
| maleweight    = 80 kg<ref name=bigi/>
| femaleweight  = 65 kg<ref name=bigi/>
| maleheight    = 79 cm<ref name=bigi/>
| femaleheight  = 73 cm<ref name=bigi/>
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| horns         = rams always horned, females occasionally hornless
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The '''Orobica''' or '''Valgerola''' is a [[breed]] of [[goat|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 [[Comunità montana dell'Alto Lario Occidentale|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]].<ref name=dad/> The origins of the breed are unknown; it is first documented at the beginning of the twentieth century.<ref name=bigi/> 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.<ref name=aspa/><ref name=dm/>
Ogni anno, la terz domenica di novembre a Casargo (LC) si tiene un'importante mostra Regionale della Capra Orobica
At the end of 2013 the registered population was 1109.<ref name=aspa2/>
==Characteristics==
The Orobica goat is of medium size; males weigh on average 80 kg, females about 65 kg. 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.
==The Valgerola==
For reasons that are not clear, the Valgerola, while always described as a synonym of the Orobica, is separately reported to {{nobreak|[[DAD-IS]]}},<ref name=dad2/> and is included in the list of goat breeds of limited distribution of the [[Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali]], the Italian ministry of agriculture.<ref name=dm/> Numbers are reported by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, but no data has ever been entered.<ref name=aspa2a/> There are two official breed standards, one for the "Razza Orobica"<ref name=aspa3a/> and the other for the "Orobica o Valgerola".<ref name=aspa3/>
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
https://www.valsassinanews.com/2022/11/18/pelo-lungo-e-corna-belle-a-casargo-tutto-pronto-per-la-mostra-della-capra-orobica/
<ref name=aspa>[http://www.assonapa.it/Pubblicazioni/Razze-ovine-caprine-Italia/Razze_Ovine_Caprine_Italia.pdf Le razze ovine e caprine in Italia] (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Ufficio centrale libri genealogici e registri anagrafici razze ovine e caprine. p.&nbsp;34. Accessed June 2014.</ref>
<ref name=aspa2>[http://www.assonapa.it/Consistenze/Cons_razza.asp?Anno=2013&Cod_razza=94 Consistenze Provinciali della Razza 94 Orobica Anno 2013] (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.</ref>
<ref name=aspa2a>[http://www.assonapa.it/Consistenze/Cons_razza.asp?Anno=2013&Cod_razza=N8 Consistenze Provinciali della Razza N8 Valgerola Anno 2013] (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed November 2014.</ref>
<ref name=aspa3>[http://www.assonapa.it/norme_ecc/CAPRINI-RA_Standard_WEB/OROBICA.htm Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Orobica o Valgerola": standard della razza] (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed November 2014.</ref>
<ref name=aspa3a>[http://www.assonapa.it/norme_ecc/caprini_llgg/orobica.htm Razza Orobica: Norme tecniche allegate al Disciplinare del Libro Genealogico della Specie Caprina] (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed November 2014.</ref>
<ref name=barb>Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). [ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to [ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1250e/a1250e.pdf ''The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture'']. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. {{ISBN|9789251057629}}. Accessed June 2014.</ref>
<ref name=bigi>Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). ''Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia'' (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. {{ISBN|9788850652594}}. p.&nbsp;379–81.</ref>
<ref name=dad>[http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport8a_50006888 Breed data sheet: Orobica o Valgerola/Italy]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.</ref>
<ref name=dad2>[http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport8a_50006903 Breed data sheet: Valgerola/Italy]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.</ref>
<ref name=dm>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140504172524/http://www.politicheagricole.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeAttachment.php/L/IT/D/1%252Ff%252F9%252FD.8551668d49c199df1401/P/BLOB%3AID%3D2023 Strutture Zootecniche (Dec. 2009/712/CE - Allegato 2 - Capitolo 2)] (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Section '''I''' (e). Archived 4 May 2014.</ref>
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