Relationships between conformation, performance and health in 4-year-old swedish warmblood riding horses

Holmström, Malin Rising; Philipsson, J.

doi:10.1016/0301-6226(93)90009-7

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“…This selection could lead to an abusive use of some animals with a specific conformation. And an insufficient knowledge of the influence of conformation on performance and health could result in an inappropriate selection of horses for breeding (Holmström & Philipsson, 1993). Therefore, it seems necessary to study the genetic background between conformation and Menorca Dressage.…”

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Estimation of genetic parameters for morphological and functional traits in a Menorca horse population

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Cervantes²,

Gutiérrez³

et al. 2014

Span. j. agric. res.

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Functional conformation and performance in Classic and Menorca Dressage are the main selection criteria in the Menorca Horse breeding program. Menorca Dressage is an alternative Classical Dressage discipline which is exclusive of the Menorca Island, but including a series of movements that the animals perform in the traditional festivities called "Jaleo Menorquín". One of these movements involves the horse raising its forelimbs and standing or walking on its hindlimbs, which is called "el bot". To make the Menorca horse breed more competitive in the equestrian market, it is necessary to understand the genetic background that characterizes the aptitude for Menorca Dressage and its relationship with conformation traits. The analysed data consisted of 15 conformation traits from 347 Menorca horses (200 males and 147 females), with 1,550 performance records in Menorca Dressage competitions. Genetic parameters were estimated using linear and threshold animal models. The heritabilities for heights and lengths were high (0.45-0.76), those for angulations and binary conformation traits were low to moderate (0.10-0.36) as were the scores for dressage performance (0.13-0.21). The results suggest that the analyzed traits could be used as an efficient tool for selecting breeding horses.Additional key words: dressage; morphology; Bayesian; heritability; local breed.* Corresponding author: ge2sobem@uco.es Received: 02-07-13. Accepted: 07-01-14.Abbreviations used: FS (final score); HBV (hock back view); HLH (hind leg hooves); LSM (least square means); MM (Menorca movements).

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Estimation of genetic parameters for morphological and functional traits in a Menorca horse population

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Cervantes²,

Gutiérrez³

et al. 2014

Span. j. agric. res.

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“…Holmström et al [18] studied the conformational characteristics of elite sport horses and found that elite dressage horses had more sloping shoulders and Holmström and Philipson [19] showed a positive correlation between good gaits and sloping shoulders in warm blood horses. It could then be thought that the inclination of this region with respect to the horizontal plane influences the quality of movement in the fore limb.…”

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Walk and trot in the horse at driving: kinematic adaptation of its natural gaits

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-The walk and trot at hand and at driving of five Andalusian Purebred stallions were studied by a 2D semiautomatic analysis system. Linear, temporal and angular variables from the right fore and hind limbs were obtained by using a 2D kinematic analysis system. In order to identify significant differences between handled and driving gaits, a paired Student t-test was performed. The swing period and the stride lengths of both fore and hind limbs and the overreach distance were lower at driving. Stride durations and Retraction-Protraction angle values in the hind limbs at trot did not differ under different conditions but scapular values at walk and trot, fore fetlock variables at trot and some of the stifle and tarsus parameters at walk and trot were modified by the use of the vehicle. It may be assumed that at fixed speeds driving horses try to maintain the stride duration of their natural gaits.

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“…Breeding aims of most modern Warmblood horse breeds are focused on performance, particularly on performance in riding sports [17]. Several, but not all genetic studies on this topic have shown the relation between particular conformation traits and performance in equestrian sports [11,12,21,22]. Evaluation of and selection for functional conformation is therefore used as a tool for indirect performance selection.…”

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“…Particular conformation faults are known to predispose horses to orthopedic problems because they lead to abnormal distribution of load and wear [1,10,21,26,28,30,33]. Some relation between conformation traits and soundness has been identified in Standardbred trotters [21] and Warmblood riding horses [11], and favorable orthopedic status, as measured by palpation of legs and results of flexion tests at 4 years of age, was found to lower the risk of Swedish Warmblood riding horses to be culled [44]. Relationships between conformation and radiographic appearance of parts of the equine skeleton are likely, but have rarely been studied yet in the Warmblood horse.…”

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Genetic correlations between conformation traits and radiographic findings in the limbs of German Warmblood riding horses

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Distl

2006

Genet. Sel. Evol.

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-Studbook inspection (SBI) data of 20 768German Warmblood mares and radiography results (RR) data of 5102 Hanoverian Warmblood horses were used for genetic correlation analyses. The scores on a scale from 0 to 10 were given for conformation and basic quality of gaits, resulting in 14 SBI traits which were used for the correlation analyses. The radiographic findings considered included osseous fragments in fetlock (OFF) and hock joints (OFH), deforming arthropathy in hock joints (DAH) and distinct radiographic findings in the navicular bones (DNB) which were analyzed as binary traits, and radiographic appearance of the navicular bones (RNB) which was analyzed as a quasi-linear trait. Genetic parameters were estimated multivariately in linear animal models with REML using information on 24 448 horses with SBI and/or RR records. The ranges of heritability estimates were h 2 = 0.14−0.34 for the RR traits and h 2 = 0.09−0.50 for the SBI traits. Negative additive genetic correlations of r g = −0.19 to −0.56 were estimated between OFF and conformation of front and hind limbs and walk at hand, and between DNB and hind limb conformation. There were indications of negative additive genetic correlations between DAH and all SBI traits, but because of low prevalence and low heritability of DAH, these results require further scrutiny. Positive additive genetic correlations of r g = 0.37−0.52 were estimated between OFF and withers height and between OFH and withers height, indicating that selection for taller horses will increase disposition to develop OFF and OFH. Selection of broodmares with regards to functional conformation will assist, but cannot replace possible selection against radiographic findings in the limbs of young Warmblood riding horses, particularly with regards to OFF. riding horse / conformation / studbook inspection / radiographic finding / additive genetic correlation

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Relationships between conformation, performance and health in 4-year-old swedish warmblood riding horses

Cited by 52 publications

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Estimation of genetic parameters for morphological and functional traits in a Menorca horse population

Estimation of genetic parameters for morphological and functional traits in a Menorca horse population

Walk and trot in the horse at driving: kinematic adaptation of its natural gaits

Genetic correlations between conformation traits and radiographic findings in the limbs of German Warmblood riding horses

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