Conference paper

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ANCESTORS IN LIPIZZAN HORSE BREED

Mato Čačić ; Croatian Agricultural Agency, Central Animal Gene Bank Department, Zagreb, Croatia
Ino Čurik ; Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The beginning of creation of Lipizzan horse breed took place in 1580 in Lipica stud farm, and later spread on the area of states of former Austrian-Hungarian monarchy. In these states, national and private stud farms were aroused, so as national and private breedings. Due to small population size and closed breeding through centuries, national stud farms were forced to exchange genetic material, primarily the stallions. Consequently, different stallions influenced in different breeds and in whole Lipizzan breed. Research of pedigree with method of the most important ancestor contribution shows that in Croatian Lipizzan breed, despite of tradition longer than 3 centuries, only one stallion is contributing genetically to the today population.

Keywords

Lipizzan horse; significant ancestors; genetic variability; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

147850

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/147850

Publication date:

22.10.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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