Balkan donkey

Balkan donkey
A donkey carrying wood
Balkan donkey
Other names
  • Domaći balkanski magarac
  • Mountain donkey
  • Domestic Balkan donkey
Country of originBalkans
Use
  • transport
  • burden
  • meat
  • milk

The Balkan donkey or mountain donkey, Serbian: Domaći balkanski magarac, is a breed or group of breeds of domestic donkey originating in the Balkan region.[1] It is reported from Serbia[1] and Montenegro.[2]

A herd of about 120 Balkan donkeys in the Zasavica Reserve, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, are used to make the world's most expensive cheese, pule cheese.[3][4]

Country Name(s) English name(s) if used Notes Image
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzegovinian[7]: 20 [8]: 17 
Bulgaria Bulgarian[8]: 21  not reported to DAD-IS
Croatia Istarski Magarac[7]: 21 [5]: 32  Istrian Donkey
Primorsko Dinarski Magarac[7]: 21 [5]: 32  Littoral Dinaric Donkey
Sjeverno-Jadranski Magarac[7]: 21 [5]: 32  North Adriatic Donkey
Greece Ellinikon[7]: 31  Greek Ass
Kosovo
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Romania Romanian Ass[5]: 94 
Serbia Domaci Balkanski Magarac[5]: 102  Domestic Balkan Ass
Italian[5]: 102 
Slovenia wsu Istrian[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Breed data sheet: Balkan donkey / Serbia. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2014.
  2. ^ Breed data sheet: Balkanski magarac / Montenegro. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2014.
  3. ^ Roberts, Brian (18 February 2018). "These Are The 3 Most Expensive Cheeses In The World". Forbes. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ^ J.Slatinac (1 May 2011), "Svetski dan magaraca na Zasavici", Politika (in Serbian)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
  6. ^ Breed data sheet: Comune / Albania (Ass). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Waltraud Kugler, Hans-Peter Grunenfelder, Elli Broxham (2008). Donkey Breeds in Europe: Inventory, Description, Need for Action, Conservation; Report 2007/2008. St. Gallen, Switzerland: Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe. Archived 2 September 2009.
  8. ^ a b Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  9. ^ Breed data sheet: Istrian donkey / Slovenia (Ass). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2022.


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