پديد آورندگان :
ساعدي، آريا سازمان آموزش فني و حرفه اي كشور - اداره كل آموزش فني و حرفه اي استان گلستان، گرگان، ايران , حسني، سعيد دانشگاه علوم كشاورزي و منابع طبيعي گرگان - گروه ژنتيك و اصلاح نژاد دام و طيور، گرگان، ايران , شادكام، فرهاد سازمان آموزش فني و حرفه اي كشور - اداره كل آموزش فني و حرفه اي استان گلستان، گرگان، ايران , پيشكار، جمشيد سازمان تحقيقات، آموزش و ترويج كشاورزي - موسسه آموزش و ترويج كشاورزي، تهران، ايران , كريمي بيرگاني، هدي دانشگاه آزاد اسلامي واحد شاهين شهر، شاهين شهر، ايران
كليدواژه :
اسب تروبرد , استان گلستان , صفات بيومتريك , ضريب تغييرات , عوامل محيطي
چكيده لاتين :
Introduction and Objective: Biometric measures of some body dimensions can be used as
indicator of a particular breed. Among these characteristics, the horse's head and neck regions
dimensions are of particular importance. These characteristics, in addition to showing
differences among breeds of the horses, may also affect the performance and beauty of the
animal. The long head and neck in horses makes the animal more flexible and increases the
performance. Rearing conditions, age, sex and nutrition of the horses are important factors for
body dimension traits.
Material and Methods: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of some
environmental factors on biometric traits of the head and neck of Thoroughbred horses in
Golestan province. For this purpose, the head and neck regions dimensions of 105 randomly
selected Thoroughbred horses were measured. The studied horses included 66 stallions and 39
mares ranging from 2 to 4 years of age. The number of horses in Gonbad Kavous, Aq Qala and
Bandar Turkmen counties were 61, 24 and 20, respectively. According to the San Giacomo
Standard and by using a tape meter, 13 biometric dimensions of the horses head and neck
regions, including Head Length (HL), Ear Length (EL), Eye to Eye Width (EEW), Ear to Eye
Length (EED), Eye to Jaw Length (EJL), Eye to Mouth Length (EML), Jaw Width (JW),
Muzzle Circumference (MC), Head Neck Circumference (HNC), Neck Midpoint Circumference
(NMC), Neck Body Circumference (NBC), Upper Neck Length (UNL) and Neck Down Length
(NDL) were measured. Descriptive statistics, analysis of variance and comparison of least
squares means (LSM), were obtained using Means procedure, General Linear Models (GLM)
and Tukey-Kramer Test at a significant level of 5% by SAS statistical software, respectively.
Results: The results indicated that HL, EEW, MC, HNC, NBC and UNL traits were lower
dispersion and coefficient of variations compared to other traits.The highest and the lowest
coefficients of variation were estimated for JW (14.68%) and HL (4.29%), respectively.
Analysis of variance showed that the effect of age on EEL (p<0.05) and NBC (p<0.01), sex on
EEW (p<0.05), JW (p<0.01), MC (p<0.01), HNC (p<0.01), NMC (p<0.01) and NBC (p<0.01)
and rearing area on HL (p<0.01), EEW (p<0.05), JW (p<0.05), MC (p<0.05), HNC (p<0.01),
NMC (p<0.01), NBC (p<0.01) and UNL (p<0.01) traits were significant.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that, the biometric dimensions of the head and
neck regions of Thoroughbred horses were higher than those for other Iranian horses and
environmental factors such as age, sex and rearing area had significant effects on these traits.
The results of this study can be used for comparing, selecting and breeding of Thoroughbred
horses of Golestan province.