EJPAU 2008. Chmiel K. , Gajewska A. , Sobczuk D. AN ESTIMATION OF BREEDING VALUE OF PUREBRED ARABIAN STALLIONS WITH REGARD TO CONFORMATION TRAITS JUDGED IN SHOWS IN THE YEARS 1985-2006

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Chmiel K. , Gajewska A. , Sobczuk D. 2008. AN ESTIMATION OF BREEDING VALUE OF PUREBRED ARABIAN STALLIONS WITH REGARD TO CONFORMATION TRAITS JUDGED IN SHOWS IN THE YEARS 1985-2006, EJPAU 11(1), #17.
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AN ESTIMATION OF BREEDING VALUE OF PUREBRED ARABIAN STALLIONS WITH REGARD TO CONFORMATION TRAITS JUDGED IN SHOWS IN THE YEARS 1985-2006

Krystyna Chmiel¹, Anna Gajewska¹, 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

The present study is based on a research conducted on 47 purebred Arabian stallions used in Polish breeding, which have been sires to 2416 heads of progeny participating in Polish National and Youth Arabian Horse Shows in the years 1985-2006, as well as in Falborek Arabian Horse Show organized in 2004 and 2005. The following indices were computed for the stallions under consideration: Relative Genetic Value (RGV), Index of a Stallion (I) and Breeding Value (WH). The following stallions were indicated as significant improvers of the Arabian horse population: Monogramm 1985 and Laheeb 1996, whereas the stallion Europejczyk 1982 proved a significant degrader, deteriorating the breeding progress.

Key words: Arabian horses, breeding value, conformation traits, stallions.

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

Anna Gajewska
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 72 775
email: agajewska@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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