The Orobica or Valgerola is a breed of domestic goat from the Val Gerola in the province of Sondrio, in the Bergamo Alps of northern Italy.
[4][5] Ogni anno, la terz domenica di novembre a Casargo (LC) si tiene un'importante mostra Regionale della Capra Orobica At the end of 2013 the registered population was 1109.
The coat is lustrous, composed of fine long hair, with a colour varying from uniform ash-grey to violet-beige.
For reasons that are not clear, the Valgerola, while always described as a synonym of the Orobica, is separately reported to DAD-IS,[7] and is included in the list of goat breeds of limited distribution of the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture.
[5] Numbers are reported by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, but no data has ever been entered.