
Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Ufficio centrale libri genealogici e registri anagrafici razze ovine e caprine. ^ Le razze ovine e caprine in Italia (in Italian).Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Malta: Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs. Rural Development Programme for Malta 2007 – 2013. ^ Rural Development Department (2012).^ Breed data sheet: Moghza Matija/Italy.


Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). ^ a b c d e f g h Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008).Le razze caprine d'Italia (in Italian) in: Giuseppe Pulina (2005). ^ a b c d e f g h Lorenzo Noè, Alessandro Gaviraghi, Andrea D'Angelo, Adriana Bonanno, Adriana Di Trana, Lucia Sepe, Salvatore Claps, Giovanni Annicchiarico, Nicola Bacciu (2005).Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 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. Kids are slaughtered at a weight of 8–11 kg. : 372 In Sicily the milk is used to make ricotta and traditional caprino cheeses including Padduni, which has PAT status, and Formaggiu ri crapa.

The milk has an average of 4.28% fat and 3.66% protein. Yield per lactation is 242 ± 87 litres for primiparous, 307 ± 141 litres for secondiparous, and 358 ± 160 litres for pluriparous, nannies it may reach 500–600 kg in 300 days. The Maltese is a valued milk breed the milk has pleasant taste without an excessively "goaty" odour or flavour. At the end of 2013 the registered population reported was 1934. The Italian population of the breed was estimated in 1983 to be about 70,000, and in 2005 at 40,000. : 90 The herdbook was established in 1976. In Italy, the Maltese is one of the eight autochthonous Italian goat breeds for which a genealogical herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders. The Maltese is a long-haired white goat characterised by a raven-black area on the top and sides of the head and long pendulous black ears which turn outwards at the tip.
