Effects of Age and Sex of The Foal on The Gestation Length of Thoroughbred Mares

Milena MİLOJEVİC; Mitrovic STRETEN; Tugay AYAŞAN; Tatjana ZDRALİC; Vladan DJERMANOVİC

doi:https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.692961

Makale detayları

Effects of Age and Sex of The Foal on The Gestation Length of Thoroughbred Mares

Yazarlar:

Milena MİLOJEVİC | Mitrovic STRETEN | Tugay AYAŞAN | Tatjana ZDRALİC | Vladan DJERMANOVİC

Ana Başlıklar:

Üretim

Dergi:

Journal Of Agriculture and Nature 2020 Vol.23 Issue 5, pp.1386-1392

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000502793

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.692961

Özet:

 


The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of age and sex of the foal on the gestation length of thoroughbred mares. The study covered six stallions (of average age of 10.25 years) and 34 mares (of average age of 10.51 years) with descent records (pedigree), English Thoroughbred horses raised and actively used for breeding at a study farm called Ljubičevo, located in Serbia. The following average morphological body measures were established: body weight (473.10 kg), withers height (159.55 cm), body length (160.54 cm), chest circumference (188.00 cm), and tibia circumference (19.21 cm) were found to be within the scope of standard measures for this breed and particular ages e.g. 9 to 15. The average gestation length, regardless of the sex of the foal, was 336.57 days. The gestation of mares carrying male foals was somewhat longer (337.70 days) than of mares carrying female foals (335.80 days). The difference (1.90 days) in gestation length was not statistically significant (P>0.05). A weak positive correlation (rp=0.321) was observed between the age of the mare and the gestation length (regardless of foal sex). Additionally, a medium correlation (rp=0.444) was observed between the mare's age and the gestation length in the case of male foals, and a very weak correlation (rp=0.210) in the case of female foals.

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Makale detayları

Effects of Age and Sex of The Foal on The Gestation Length of Thoroughbred Mares

Yazarlar: Milena MİLOJEVİC | Mitrovic STRETEN | Tugay AYAŞAN | Tatjana ZDRALİC | Vladan DJERMANOVİC

Ana Başlıklar: Üretim

Dergi: Journal Of Agriculture and Nature 2020 Vol.23 Issue 5, pp.1386-1392

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2020

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000502793

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.692961

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Milena MİLOJEVİC | Mitrovic STRETEN | Tugay AYAŞAN | Tatjana ZDRALİC | Vladan DJERMANOVİC

Ana Başlıklar:

Üretim

Dergi:

Journal Of Agriculture and Nature 2020 Vol.23 Issue 5, pp.1386-1392

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000502793

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.692961