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The Icelandic horse, breeding and diversity
(2011)
The Icelandic horse is a very old, and one of the purest horse breeds in the world. They came to Iceland with the Vikings several centuries ago. It is the only horse breed on Iceland, and its purity is secured by a law ...
Unique trotter: The Norvegian coldblooded horse
(2010)
The Norwegian coldblooded trotter is a unique horse. This type of trotter can only be found in the Scandinavian countries and is the only heavy type of trotter in the world. Today the Norwegian and Swedish horse is considered ...
The success of the Hannovarian Horse breed from the 17. Century till 2010
(2011)
The Hannovarian is one of the most successful horse breeds in the world. The breeding system is a positive example for many other breeding organisations. This Thesis analyse the development of the Hannovarian and the Success ...
The Waldviertel Blond - An Autochthonous Austrian cattle breed and its genetic characterisation
(2009)
The aim of our work was to examine the Austrian autochthone breed Waldviertel Blond Cattle on the basis of mitochondrial DNA. The founder sampling was used to increase the representation of sample on the level of mitochondrial ...
Changes of the wither height of the Connemara Pony in the last 100 years
(2010)
The Connemara Pony is an indigenous breed of Ireland and has undergone different changes since the establishment of its own breed society in 1923. One major change in the pony which can be observed today in comparison to ...
Breeding and breed development of the Norwegian Fjord Horse
(2010)
It is one of the oldest breeds, and has a long recorded history of pure breeding with out crossbreeding from other sources. It is believed that the ancestors of the Fjord horse migrated to Norway and were domesticated over ...
The century old dexter phenomenon in cattle breeding (A critical review of literature)
(2010)
The Dexter cattle were originally bred in South-western Ireland and brought to England in 1882. The Dexter is one of the smallest cattle breed developed in the British Isles. The Irish Dexter descended from the ancient ...