Churra
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Infobox sheep breed
The Churra is an Iberian type, breed or group of breeds of sheep.[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript[3]Template:R/superscript The word Script error: No such module "Lang". simply means 'coarse-woolled'. The Churra originates in the Duero Valley in the autonomous community of Castile and León in north-western Spain.[1]Template:R/superscript In the province of Zamora the milk is used to make Zamorano cheese.[4]Template:R/superscript
Churra breeds and types
There are numerous regional variants of the Churra in Spain. Two of these are recognised as separate breeds: the Churra Lebrijana of Andalusia, also known as the Atlantica or Marismeña, named for Lebrija on the Guadalquivir and found in the coastal provinces of Cadiz and Huelva in south-western Spain;[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript[5]Template:R/superscript and the Churra Tensina, named for the Valle de Tena in the province of Huesca in the central Pyrenees.[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript[6]Template:R/superscript Others include the small Sayaguesa, associated with the comarca of Sayago in the south of the province of Zamora and reared mostly for meat;[1]Template:R/superscript the Churra del Bierzo or Blanca del Bierzo, an endangered polled type from the comarca of El Bierzo in the province of León; and the Churra Castellana or Churra Campera of Castile.[1]Template:R/superscript
Use
The Churra is a traditional triple-purpose breed, reared for milk, for meat and for its wool, which is of coarse quality suitable for carpet-making.[1]Template:R/superscript Sheep of this type were taken by the conquistadores to the New World, where they gave rise to American breeds such as the Chiapas and the Navajo-Churro.[1]Template:R/superscript Cross-breeding with the Merino has given rise to the Template:Langx or medium-fine group of breeds in Spain, and to the Churra Algarvia breed in Portugal.[1]Template:R/superscript Other Portuguese Churra breeds include the Churra Badana, the Churra Galega Bragançana Branca, the Churra Galega Bragançana Preta, the Churra Galega Mirandesa, the Churra Mondegueira, the Churra da Terra Quente, the Churra do Campo and the Churra do Minho.[7]Template:R/superscript
References
Script error: No such module "Side box".
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. Template:Isbn.
- ↑ a b c Miguel Fernández Rodríguez, Mariano Gómez Fernández, Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo, Silvia Adán Belmonte, Miguel Jiménez Cabras (editors) (2009). Guía de campo de las razas autóctonas españolas (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino. Template:Isbn.
- ↑ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Template:Isbn. Archived 23 June 2020.
- ↑ Janet Mendel (2002). My Kitchen in Spain: 225 Authentic Regional Recipes. New York: Harper Collins Publishers Inc. Template:Isbn
- ↑ Breed data sheet: Churra Lebrijana / Spain (Sheep). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2023.
- ↑ Breed data sheet: Churra Tensina / Spain (Sheep). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2023.
- ↑ Breed data sheet: Portugal, Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2023.
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".