INFLUENCE OF BREED AND AGE ON THE ON THE FORE-EXTERIOR PARTS OF COLTS FROM DIFFERENT BREEDS

Georgi Barzev

Abstract: There are 43 colts from different breeds that are included in the research. The research is aimed at studying the influence of the breed belonging and the age over the changes of seven physical dimensions high of the withers, depth of the chest (thorax), length of the shoulder - blade, shoulder, upper arm, cannon and pastern. The studied factors have statistically significant influence over all of the indications with the exception of length of the cannon Colts at the age of three from the Hanover breed have the greatest height of the withers, followed by the cross-breeds, the Danube and the Eastern Bulgarian breeds. The high of the withers increases as a result of development of the chest (thorax) in depth and the increase of the length of the shoulder- blade.

Keywords: age; breed; horses; physical dimensions

Date published: 2023-02-28