EJPAU 2007. Sobczuk D. ESTIMATION OF THE BREEDING VALUE OF PUREBRED ARABIAN LEADING SIRES USED FOR REPRODUCTION AT MICHALOW STUD, BASED ON THEIR DIMENSIONS

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Sobczuk D. 2007. ESTIMATION OF THE BREEDING VALUE OF PUREBRED ARABIAN LEADING SIRES USED FOR REPRODUCTION AT MICHALOW STUD, BASED ON THEIR DIMENSIONS, EJPAU 10(1), #18.
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ESTIMATION OF THE BREEDING VALUE OF PUREBRED ARABIAN LEADING SIRES USED FOR REPRODUCTION AT MICHALOW STUD, BASED ON THEIR DIMENSIONS

Dorota Sobczuk
Department of Animal Breeding and Use, Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland

ABSTRACT

Under evaluation came 38 purebred Arabian stallions used as leading sires at Michałów Stud in the years 1983-2003, siring 586 heads of progeny. For their biometrical traits computed were the following indices: the Relative Genetic Value (RGV), Index of a Stallion (I) and Breeding Value (WH). It was found, that as decided improvers should be considered such stallions, as Arbil, bay, 1981; Ecaho, gr. 1990; Gadir, gr. 1977; Palas, gr. 1968; and Wojsław, bay, 1986; whereas pronounced degraders proved the following stallions: Aloes, bay,1973; Bandos, gr. 1964, Europejczyk, bay, 1982 and Falsyfikat, gr. 1984.

Key words: Arabian horses, breeding value, dimensions, stallions.

Dorota Sobczuk
Department of Animal Breeding and Use,
Faculty of Agricultural Science,
University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
Szczebrzeska 102, 22-400 Zamość, Poland
Phone: (+48 084) 677 27 73
email: dorotasobczuk@wnr.edu.pl

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