Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Claudia PÂNZARU, Ion GÎLCĂ, Radu Marius RADU-RUSU, Roxana Nicoleta RAȚU, Marius Gheorghe DOLIȘ
This paper aimed to analyze height, heart perimeter and cannon girth of Shagya Arabian mares, stallions and young horses during their growth; Rădăuți studfarm provided data regarding livestock of these three categories of horses in 2000-2015 and it was interesting to study and compare each bloodline of this wonderful breed (Koheilan, Hadban, Dahoman, Shagya, Siglavy-Bagdady, El-Sbaa, Mersuch, Gazal - only for stallions and young horses). Therefore this study reflected that these body dimensions were representative for Shagya Arabian, regarding the whole population: mares had an average height of 159.59 cm, an average heart perimeter of 177.20 cm and an average cannon girth of 18.54 cm; regarding the stallions, the average height was 160.58 cm, the average heart perimeter was 180.61 cm and the average cannon girth was 18.95 cm; young male horses had an average value of height of 134.82 cm, an average thorax perimeter of 146.53 cm and an average cannon girth of 16.69 cm. Data obtained indicated that the studied population is included in breed standard regarding the main body dimensions that reflect their morphological type.
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