Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIV, Issue 2
Written by Marius Gheorghe DOLIȘ, Claudia PÂNZARU, George Marius DOLIȘ, Marius MAFTEI, Roxana Nicoleta RAȚU
The paper presents the results of a study accomplished in the Rădăuți stud farm, which aimed to analyze some morphological and reproductive aspects of Shagya Arabian horses. The selected population was represented by broodmares from 2000y generation, introduced in the reproductive herd until now. The average value of height was 159.188 ± 0.593 cm, the average of heart girth was 177.188 ± 1.013 cm, and the cannon perimeter was 18,594 ± 0,184 cm for the studied horses. Regarding the reproduction aspects, it was revealed that the studied parameters had the following average values: 4.7 ± 0.3 years for age of introduction to reproduction, 4.5 ± 0.2 years for the age at first foaling, 338.7 ± 0.9 days for the gestation length, 149 ± 18.3 days for the service-period parameter, 503 ± 19.9 days for the foaling-interval parameter, and 14.6 ± 1.2 years for the reproductive longevity of broodmares. The conclusion was that all data obtained fall within the normal limits specified by the literature.
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