EJPAU 2007. Chmiel K. , Sobczuk D. INDICES OF BREEDING VALUE FOR PUREBRED ARABIAN STALLIONS USED IN POLISH BREEDING WITH REGARD TO RACING EFFICIENCY

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2007
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Issue 2

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Chmiel K. , Sobczuk D. 2007. INDICES OF BREEDING VALUE FOR PUREBRED ARABIAN STALLIONS USED IN POLISH BREEDING WITH REGARD TO RACING EFFICIENCY, EJPAU 10(2), #18.
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INDICES OF BREEDING VALUE FOR PUREBRED ARABIAN STALLIONS USED IN POLISH BREEDING WITH REGARD TO RACING EFFICIENCY

Krystyna Chmiel¹, Dorota Sobczuk²
¹ Department of Animal Breeding and Use, Institute of Agricultural Science of Zamosc, Agricultural Academy of Lublin, Poland
² Department of Animal Breeding and Use, Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland

ABSTRACT

Under evaluation came 49 purebred Arabian stallions, used as leading sires in Polish breeding in the years 1978-1997. For them computed were the following indices expressing their breeding value with regard to racing abilities: RGV (the Relative Genetic Value), I (the Index of Stallion) and WH (the Breeding Value). It was found, that the best results as an improver, achieving the highest levels of the calculated indices, showed the stallion Wermut, bay, 1982 (Probat – Warmia), with his own coeffficient of success Wp = 0.86 (RGV = 2650.26; I = 152.95; WH = 0.30), whereas the worst degrader proved the unbeaten, Classics winner Europejczyk, bay, 1982 (El Paso – Europa), with Wp = 8.97 (RGV = -3337.78; I = 63.96; WH = -0.22).

Key words: Arabian stallions, breeding value, degraders, improvers, racing abilities.

Krystyna Chmiel
Department of Animal Breeding and Use,
Institute of Agricultural Science of Zamosc,
Agricultural Academy of Lublin, Poland
Szczebrzeska 102, 22-400 Zamosc, Poland
Phone: 084 67 72 771
email: kchmiel@wnr.edu.pl

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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