Pezzata Mòchena

The Pezzata Mòchena, known in Mòcheno as the Pletzet Goes van der Bersntol, is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from the Autonomous Province of Trento, in north-eastern Italy. It originates from the Valle dei Mòcheni, also known as the Valle del Fersina and as the Bersntol, which since the fourteenth century has been home to a Mòcheno-speaking population of Bavarian origin; the breed may for this reason also be called the Valle dei Mòcheni.^[3]

Pezzata Mòchena

The 7th provincial Pezzata Mochena Goat Show in Bedollo, in 2013.
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not listed[1]
Other names	Capra Pezzata Mòchena Valle dei Mocheni Pletzet Goes van der Bersntol
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	Autonomous Province of Trento
Standard	MIPAAF
Use	dual purpose, meat and milk
Traits
Weight	Female: 65 kg[2]
Height	Male: 86 cm[2] Female: 76 cm[2]
Coat	usually pied, sometimes with Swiss markings
Horn status	almost always horned in both sexes
Goat Capra aegagrus hircus

The Pezzata Mòchena is raised in the Valle del Fersina, in the upper and lower Valsugana, and on the Altopiano di Piné [it].^[2] The breed was recognised in 2004, and the herdbook established in March 2005.^[4] The Pezzata Mòchena is one of the forty-three autochthonous Italian goat breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders.^[5]

At the end of 2013 the registered population was variously reported as 261^[6] and as 274.^[7]

References

1. Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (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: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed June 2014.
2. Norme tecniche della popolazione caprina "Capra Pezzata Mòchena": standard della razza (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Accessed June 2014.
3. Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594, pages 344–45.
4. M. Pirola, M. Corti, B. Glisenti, L. Milone (2007). Capre autoctone in Trentino: La pezzata Mochena (in Italian). In L. Battaglini, M. Zuccon (eds.) (2007). L'allevamento ovino e caprino nelle Alpi: tra valenze eco-culturali e sostenibilità economica. Trento: Nuove Arti Grafiche. ISBN 9788889222034, pages 209–214.
5. 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.
6. Consistenze Provinciali della Razza Q4 Pezzata Mòchena Anno 2013 (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed June 2014.
7. Breed data sheet: Capra Pezzata Mòchena/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.