Genetic Parameters and Inbreeding Effect of Morphological Traits in Sardinian Anglo Arab Horse
| Autor: | Giovanni Biggio, Raffaele Cherchi, Francesca Maria Sarti, Maurizio Silvestrelli, Samira Giovannini, Camillo Pieramati, Andrea Giontella |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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lcsh:Veterinary medicine
General Veterinary Anglo-Arab horse Withers Cannon bone Sardinian Anglo-Arab horse Horse inbreeding Heritability Biology Circumference Article Animal science Sardinian Anglo-Arab horse morphology inbreeding genetic parameters morphology lcsh:Zoology Trait genetic parameters lcsh:SF600-1100 Animal Science and Zoology lcsh:QL1-991 Inbreeding |
| Zdroj: | Animals, Vol 10, Iss 791, p 791 (2020) Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI Animals Volume 10 Issue 5 |
| ISSN: | 2076-2615 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to estimate the heritability and genetic correlations of four biometric measurements and an overall score (OS) in the Sardinian Anglo-Arab horse (SAA) moreover, the effect of inbreeding on these traits was investigated. A dataset with 43,624 horses (27,052 females and 16,572 males) was provided by the Agricultural Research Agency of Sardinia (AGRIS). Cannon bone circumference (BC), chest girth (CG), shoulder length (SL), and withers height (WH) were measured on 6033 SAA horses born in Sardinia between 1967 and 2005 beside the measurements, an overall score (OS) was taken comparing the morphology of each horse to an &ldquo ideal type&rdquo that is scored out of 100. The mean value is 20.5 cm for BC, 185.9 cm for CG, 67.6 cm for SL, 160.8 cm for WH, and 73.2 for the OS. The heritability estimates ranged from 0.78 to 0.23. The results allow to foresee high genetic progress through the breeding programs. The most affected trait by the inbreeding rate seems to only be the withers height. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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