STUDY OF WITHERS HEIGHT AVERAGE PERFORMANCES IN HUCUL HORSE BREED –GORAL BLOODLINE
Keywords:
hucul, Goral, bloodline, heightAbstract
Study of average performances in a population have a huge importance because,
regarding 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 87
hucul horse from Goral bloodline divided in 5 stallion families (tab. 1) analyzed at
18, 30 and 42 months old, owned by Lucina hucul stood farm. The average
performances for withers height are presented in tab. 2. We can observe here that
the average performances of the character are between characteristic limits of the
breed. Both sexes have a small grade of variability with a decreasing tendency in
the same time with ageing. We can observe a normal evolution in time for growth
process with significant differences only at age of 42 months. We can say in this
condition that the average performances for withers height have different values,
influenced by the age, with a decreasing tendency.
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