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{{Short description|Breed of sheep}}
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{{Infobox sheep breed
| name          = Corteno
| image         = 
| image_alt     = 
| image_size = 280px
| image_caption = 
| status        = {{nowrap|[[FAO]] (2007): endangered-maintained<ref name=barb/>}}
| distribution =  [[Val Camonica]]
| standard      = [http://www.assonapa.it/norme_ecc/OVINI-RA_Standard_WEB/Standard-PecoradiCorteno.htm MIPAAF]
| type          = 
| use = meat
| altname       = Pecora di Corteno
| country       = Italy
| maleweight    = 70&nbsp;kg<ref name=aspa3/>
| femaleweight  = 60&nbsp;kg<ref name=aspa3/>
| maleheight    = 77&nbsp;cm<ref name=aspa3/>
| femaleheight  = 73&nbsp;cm<ref name=aspa3/>
| skincolor     = 
| woolcolor     = white
| facecolor     = white
| horns = hornless in both sexes
| note          = 
}}

The '''Corteno''' or {{lang|it|'''Pecora di Corteno'''}} is a [[breed]] of [[sheep]] from the [[Val Camonica]], in the [[province of Brescia]] in [[Lombardy]], northern Italy.<ref name=dad/> It is raised in the [[comune]] of [[Corteno Golgi]], from which it takes its name, and in the neighbouring comuni of [[Edolo]], [[Malonno]] and [[Paisco Loveno]], all lying within the [[Comunità Montana di Valle Camonica]].<ref name=rare/><ref name=bigi/> It is one of the forty-two autochthonous local sheep breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the [[Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia]], the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.<ref name=aspa/>

==History==

The origin of the Corteno breed is unknown, but is probably shared with that of other lop-eared breeds of the Alpine region such as the [[Bergamasca (sheep)|Bergamasca]], the [[Biellese]] and the [[Lamon (sheep)|Lamon]]. Numbers were estimated at 4000 in 1983, and at about 1600 in 1995.<ref name=bigi/> In 2006 the total number was estimated at 1500, of which 131 were registered in the herdbook.<ref name=rare2/> The conservation status of the breed was listed as "critical" by the [[Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]] in 2007.<ref name=barb/> In 2013 the number registered for the breed was 295.<ref name=aspa2/>

==Use==

The meat of the Corteno is exceptionally fatty. It is traditionally used to produce Cuz, a local type of preserved meat. Whole carcases of [[Domestic sheep|wether]] [[mutton]] are boiled in a cauldron for five or six hours with salt and a little water; the meat is then put up in [[terracotta]] jars with more salt and sealed with the mutton-fat.<ref name=bigi/>

==References==
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<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;66. Accessed September 2013.</ref>

<ref name=aspa2>[http://www.assonapa.it/Consistenze/Cons_razza.asp?Anno=2013&Cod_razza=F8 Consistenze Provinciali della Razza F8 Pecora di Corteno Anno 2013] (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Banca dati. Accessed September 2013.</ref>

<ref name=aspa3>[http://www.assonapa.it/norme_ecc/OVINI-RA_Standard_WEB/Standard-PecoradiCorteno.htm Norme tecniche della popolazione ovina “Pecora di Corteno”: standard della razza] (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali. Accessed May 2014.</ref>

<ref name=barb>Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20200623201209/http://www.fao.org/3/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: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110125634/http://www.fao.org/3/a-a1250e.pdf ''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. {{isbn|9789251057629}}. Archived 23 June 2020.</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}}. pp.&nbsp;214–215.</ref>

<ref name=dad>[http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport8a_50012325 Breed data sheet: Pecora di Corteno – Di Corteno]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.</ref>

<ref name=rare>Luigi Andrea Brambilla (2005). [http://www.associazionerare.it/images/pdf/pecora%20di%20corteno.pdf Razze zootecniche in pericolo di estinzione: la pecora di Corteno]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (in Italian). ''Vita in campagna'' 2005 (3):&nbsp;51.</ref>

<ref name=rare2>J. Errante, L.A. Brambilla, M. Corti, E. Pastore, R. Leonarduzzi (2006). [http://www.associazionerare.it/images/razze/altri_documenti/le%20razze%20ovine%20arco%20alpino%202006.pdf Le razze ovine autoctone a rischio del Valle d'Aosta, Lombardia, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (in Italian). Associazione RARE. Accessed May 2014.</ref>

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