Fabrianese

The Fabrianese is a modern Italian breed of domestic sheep from the Marche region of central Italy.

[4]: 216 [5]: 806  It takes its name from the town and comune of Fabriano, in the province of Ancona.

[2] It is one of the seventeen autochthonous Italian sheep breeds for which a genealogical herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders;[6]: 21  the herdbook was established in 1974.

The face is white, the profile is markedly convex, and the ears are semi-lop.

[5]: 806 The average age and weight of lambs at slaughter is unclear; the target is approximately 25 kg (55 lb) at 60 days.