The Saltasassi is an Italian breed of upland sheep, reared for meat.
It originates in the provinces of Verbano Cusio Ossola[2] and Novara in the northern part of Piemonte, in north-west Italy.
[3] 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.
[5] A study conducted by the region of Piemonte in 2000 found the Saltasassi to be virtually extinct.
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