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Evaluation trial of trotters breeding in Poland
Author(s) -
M. Kulisa,
Bogusława Długosz,
M. Pieszka,
J. Łuszczyński,
Joanna Kochan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
biotechnology in animal husbandry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2217-7140
pISSN - 1450-9156
DOI - 10.2298/bah0602127k
Subject(s) - withers , coat , geography , veterinary medicine , circumference , demography , body weight , biology , medicine , mathematics , sociology , ecology , endocrinology , geometry
The aim of this study was the trial of evaluation of trotter horses breeding (American, French and Russian) in Poland on the base of characteristic of their breeding centers, basic biometrical measurements, coat colors and ways of usability. On the base of collected information concerning 278 American Standardbred, 71 French and 29 Russian trotters it was stated that the highest value of height at withers obtained French trotter and the lowest American Standardbred; the highest girth circumference was observed for Russian and the lowest for American Standardbreds; the highest cannon circumference was observed for French and the lowest for Russian trotters. Among American and Russian trotters the bay coat color was dominating, among French - chestnut. It was stated that all American Standardbreds breeders were using these horses in sulkies, French trotters were used for sulkies and for recreation and Russian only for recreation as a saddle horses.

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