The Barbado da Terceira is Portuguese

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and

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from the Atlantic island of

Terceira Terceira () is a volcanic island in the Azores archipelago, in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the larger islands of the archipelago, with a population of 53,311 inhabitants in an area of approximately . It is the location ...

in the

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, for which it is named. It was recognised by the Direcção-Geral de Veterinária of Portugal in 2004. It is not recognised by the

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History

The Barbado da Terceira derives from the various dogs brought to the Azores by colonists and visitors since settlement of the islands began in the fifteenth century, particularly from those with an aptitude for

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. It was used both as a

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and as a

. It was recognised by the Direcção-Geral de Veterinária of Portugal in 2004, based on the results of a collaboration between the

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, the Direcção Regional de Agricultura of Terceira and the

University of the Azores The University of the Azores (Portuguese: ''Universidade dos Açores''), or commonly abbreviated as ''UAc'', is the only public university in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It was founded on January 9, 1976, two years after the Carnation Rev ...

. A census in 2005 found 222 of the dogs. It is not recognised by the

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