Millefiori piemontese

Geographic origin: Piemonte (surroundings of Cuneo)

Geographic distribution: Unassessable

Estimated total population size: Not available

Extinction risk status (FAO, 1998): Unassessable

Any other specific information: Quite large and stocky breed, similar to Bionda piemontese

Historical origin of the breed

Local breed, diffused around Cuneo (in the surroundings of Busca, Villafalletto, and Tarantasca) up to 1960s, it was reared in farms to be sold in local markets. Following uncontrolled crossbreedings and due to the abandonment of rural activities, the diffusion of the breed gradually reduced. Occasionally found in Piedmont’s countryside up to the 1990s, it is now considered to be extinct, even if few birds may have survived somewhere in the area. Recover attemps are at present ongoing on behalf of local breeders.

Bibliography

archiviostoricoavicoltura.blogspot.com

agraria.org

Qualitative morphological traits

Feather morphology: Normal

Feather distribution: Normal

Plumage structure: Abundant, soft

Plumage colours: Black mottled

Colour features: Bi-colour, without sexual dimorphism

Colour pattern: Ground colour black, with white spots, similar to Ancona breed pattern, but with less regular marking, sometimes with red traces

Skin colour: Yellow

Comb type: Simple comb, sometimes falling to one side in females during oviposition; less developed than in other Piedmont breeds

Ear-lobe colour: Red or red with whitish streaks

Beak colour: Yellow shaded with horn

Millefiori piemontese male (UniTO)

Millefiori piemontese female (UniTO)

Quantitative morphological traits

Genetic traits

Characterisation of the breed with Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs)

Characterisation of nucleus populations with microsatellites and mating plans

MillefioriPiemontese-GeneticiMicrosatelliti_en

Reproductive and productive quantitative traits

Oviposition, brooding and incubation data

Egg-quality traits

Reproductive traits

Body weight and growth data

Mortality

Slaughter data (age: 6 months; males)

Rearing traits

The presented data were registered in the nucleus population conserved at the University of Turin (UniTO).

Technical data sheet

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Germplasm collection

The breed has yet to be conserved in our Cryobank.

Current consistency of the Cryobank

Mating plan

Millefiori piemontese

Modenese

Mugellese

Padovana

Pépoi

Polverara

Robusta lionata

Robusta maculata

Siciliana

Valdarnese bianca

Valdarno

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