Study about chest width average performances in Romanian Hucul horse breed – Hroby bloodline
Keywords:
Chest, bloodline, Hroby, horse, hucul, widthAbstract
Study of average performances in a population have a huge importance because, regarding to a population, the average of phenotypic value is equal with average of genotypic value. So, the studies of the average value of characters offer us an idea about the population genetic level.
The biological material is represented by 177 hucul horse, 84males and 93 females, from Hroby bloodline, divided in 6 stallion families analyzed at 18, 30 and 42 months old, owned by Lucina hucul stood farm .
The average performances for chest width are presented in the paper. We can observe a small grade of variability with decreasing tendencies from one age to another at both sexes.
The average performances of the character are between characteristic limits of the breed.
References
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Saastamoinen, M. (1990) – Factors affecting growth and development of foals and young horses. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica 40: 387-396.
Reference to conference proceedings:
Popa, R, Săndulescu, Dana, Maftei, M (2004) – A part of results concerning the genetic analysis of Lucina Hutul horse breed, Proceedings of Animal Science Second Joint Meeting of the Balkan Countries Balnimalcom, Bucharest, Faculty of Animal Science.
