Zerasca
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| Country of origin | Italy |
| Distribution | Province of Massa Carrara, in Tuscany |
| Use | meat |
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| Wool colour | white |
| Face colour | white, sometimes mottled with brown or grey |
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The Zerasca is an Italian breed of upland sheep from the province of Massa Carrara, in Tuscany in central Italy. It is raised almost exclusively in the comune of Zeri and the neighbouring comune of Pontremoli, and is one of the forty-two autochthonous local sheep breeds of limited distribution for which a flock-book is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.
It is reared only for lamb; lambs are milk-fed until they are slaughtered.