Zerasca are
medium-sized white sheep from Zeri (Lunigiana, Tuscany), Italy.
Among the local
Tuscan ovine breeds that survived the extinction process linked to the changes
in farming systems and market demands, the Zerasca breed is very appreciated
from farmer for its rusticity and for the capacity to produce heavy lamb,
reared with its mother at pasture until the slaughtering age of 60 days that
furnish meat very appreciated by consumer.
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