Study on Some Conformation Traits and Indices in Shagya Arabian Bloodstock

Abstract

The study involved the analysis of the mares included in the brood stock between 1989-2018 and the public breeding stallions registered in the ranking sheets ranged from 2000-2010 of the Shagya Arabian horse breed, from the Radauti Stud farm, Suceava county, Romania. The dynamics of the average values of height, heart girth, and cannon girth were studied for both breeders category, to follow the evolution of the breed within the stud. The average values of the female’s height ranged from 156.7±0.069 cm to 159.9±0.102 cm; the average values for heart girth felt within the 180.1±0.151 cm - 180.8±0.153 cm interval; the average values of cannon girth varied between the 18.0±0.11 cm to 18.8±0.09 cm. The minimal value for height at withers in stallions was 157.66±1.21 cm while the maximal was 161.22±0.84 cm; average values of the hearth girth varied between 177.25±4.09 cm and 183.33±1.83 cm; cannon girth had average values of 18.5±0.77 - 19.16±0.31 cm. On the morphometric indices, it was found that stallions had higher values of massiveness index (113.21%) vs. mares (113.06%) and for the dactylo-thoracic index, as well (stallions had 11.11% and the mares 10.55%), while the bone index was higher in females (11.93%) vs. males (11.81%).