The Quarter horse is an American breed, and is today the largest registered breed in the world with. Worldwide there are over 5 million registered Quarter Horses. It is one of the oldest recognized breeds in the United ...

This work presents the nine breeds of draft horses that find their origin in France. Most of them have evolved from indigenous horses found in the different regions of France and are often well adapted to the particular ...

The aim of the study was to do a review of the studies regarding the genetic background of navicular disease in sports horses. Navicular disease is a common locomotor disorder in horses with a polygenetic background and ...

Objective of the thesis was the presentation of a newly introduced horse breed called German Sporthorse. The great breed diversity in Germany decreased in the late fifties due to intensive exchange of mainly sires beyond ...

This diploma work is dedicated to the condition of disproportionate dwarfism in animals called chondrodysplasia, the genetics behind it and the phenotypic appearance of the animals suffering from it. I have shortly described ...

The gaited breed “Aegidienberger” was developed on base of a breeding- idea of Walter Feldmann sen. and Walter Feldmann jun. 1982. By expert advice of Dr. Dohn the head of breeding management of the rhenish stud book and ...

The Irish Draught is an animal that is deeply entrenched in the history of Ireland. From its original use as all purpose animal on the farm to the modern horse we see today, the Irish Draught has earned its right to be ...

There are a lot of challenges with embryo transfer in horses. The difficulties with synchronising mares, the lack of superovulation and the fact that freezing equine embryos is not working very well, are all limiting ...

The Osteochondrosis (OC) is the most important developmental disturbance of the juvenile horse and has a massive economical impact on the equine industry. It is a degenerative joint disease that occurs due to a disturbance ...