| Garessina | |
| Country: | Italy |
| Distribution: | province of Cuneo |
| Standard: | MIPAAF |
| Use: | triple-purpose, milk, meat and wool |
| Maleweight: | 50–55 kg |
| Femaleweight: | 45–50 kg |
| Maleheight: | 60–65 cm |
| Femaleheight: | 55–60 cm |
| Skincolor: | pinkish |
| Woolcolor: | straw-white |
| Facecolor: | white |
| Horns: | hornless in both sexes |
The Garessina or Muma is a breed of small sheep from the Garessina, the area surrounding Garessio in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte in north-west Italy. It is raised principally in the valleys of the Tanaro, its affluent the Negrone, and the Casotto; it is not raised commercially, but kept as a family sheep. It has been influenced by Spanish Merino and French Alpine breeds. The wool is of fine quality. The Garessina 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.
Under the national Piano Sviluppo Regionale or regional development plan for 2000–2006, a subsidy was available for those who kept Garessina sheep; in 2004 it was claimed for 64 head. In 2013 the total number recorded for the breed was 110.