Study about Thoracic Perimeter Average Performances in Romanian Hucul Horse Breed – Prislop Bloodline

Abstract

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 was represented by 93 Hucul horses from Prislop bloodline, divided in 3 stallion families analyzed at 18, 30 and 42 months of age, owned by Lucina Hucul Stud Farm. The average performances for thoracic perimeter were 148.55 cm at 18 months, 160.44 cm at 30 months and 167.77 cm at 42 months of age. We can observe a good growth rate from one age to another and a small differences between sexes. The average performances of the character are between characteristic limits of the breed.

Keywords

• bloodline
• horse
• hucul
• lucina
• prislop