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2002
Volume 5
Issue 2
Topic:
Biology
ELECTRONIC
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POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
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Starun M. , Socha S. 2002. GENETIC PARAMETERS OF BODY DIMENSIONS OF ONE-YEAR-OLD MAŁOPOLSKI HORSES, EJPAU 5(2), #03.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume5/issue2/biology/abs-03.html

GENETIC PARAMETERS OF BODY DIMENSIONS OF ONE-YEAR-OLD MAŁOPOLSKI HORSES

Monika Starun, Stanisław Socha

 

ABSTRACT



The aim of the work was to estimate the basic parameters of body dimensions (biometrical traits) of one-year-old Małopolska horses bred in the years 1982 - 1998 in the Walewice Stud of Horses. The analysis included: height at withers, chest girth, cannon circumference and two indexes: index of chest girth and boniness index. Correlation between the analysed traits was also calculated. The variance components were estimated according to REML method.

Key words: horses, Małopolski, one-year-old horse, body dimensions, heritability, correlation, REML method.