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Dalmatian Bušak horse

One of the Croatian autochthonous breeds in the Mediterranean region that has been classified as uncategorized or unknown is the Dalmatian Bušak horse. It has been noted that in Dalmatia a small number of individuals are still bred and body measurement (as part of the exterior description) and genotyping research were carried out. Nine measurements were taken from 25 horses. Hair samples were taken from 23 horses for preliminary genotyping at 17 microsatellite loci. Lydtin stick was used to measure the height at withers (129.88 ± 3.94 cm), height at croup (129.62 ± 4.33 cm), body length (136.11 ± 7.04 cm), and chest depth (58.14 ± 4.48 cm) ; ribbon to measure the chest (156.81 ± 10.6 cm) and cannon bone circumference (17.57 ± 1.29 cm) ; and caliper measure the chest width (28.57 ± 2.62 cm), croup width (41 ± 2.76 cm), and croup length (43.98 ± 2.65 cm). Microsatellite analysis showed that each locus had between 4 and 12 different alleles, the average observed heterozygosity was 0.74 and expected 0.76, and, consecutively, the inbreeding coefficient (FIS) was 0.02. The polymorphic information content (PIC) revealed that 16 out of 17 markers were highly informative. The results indicated that the Dalmatian Bušak horses are a relatively homogeneous, but not inbred, population and that the next steps leading to the official recognition of this autochthonous breed in Croatia should be taken.

Dalmatian Bušak horse ; autochthonous breed ; exterior ; microsatellite

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