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Evaluation of the conformation of stallions of selected horse breeds

2013; Mendel University Press; Volume: 60; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11118/actaun201260060375

2464-8310

Tereza Petlachová, Eva Sobotková, Iva Jiskrová, Markéta Píšová, Iveta Bihuncová, Hana Černohorská, Martina Kosťuková,

Muscle metabolism and nutrition

The aim of this study was to evaluate the conformation of stallions of the breeds American Quarter Horse (AQH), American Paint Horse (APH), Appaloosa (Appa), the Lipizzaner horse (LH) and the Old Kladruby horse (OKH).Representatives of these breeds are characterized as the descendants of horses on the base of the Arab-Berber blood.Western breeds (AQH, APH, Appa) due to diff erent environmental conditions, nutrition and the other structure under the infl uence of a diff erent type of use, type of riding demands diff ered considerably from the original Spanish-type horses.It was measured a total of 24 body dimensions.Representatives of The American western breeds are statistically highly conclusively (P ≤ 0.01) in 23 of the 24 observed eff ects.To be precise, they are: smaller wither height as measured by stick, lower at the tail-set, longer neck, narrower chest, longer oblique body length, wider front pelvis length, longer pelvis bones, longer femur bones, shorter hind cannons.A statistically signifi cant diff erence (P ≤ 0.05) was found in the length of the humerus, where the Old Kladruby Horse has a humerus that is longer by 2.34 cm than that of the APH.The Lipizzaner horse diff ers statistically highly conclusively (P ≤ 0.01) from the Appaloosa and Old Kladruby horse in the tape length of its head.horses, body measurements, stallions, American Quarter Horse, American Paint Horse, Appaloosa, Lipizzaner horse, Old Kladruby horse