Naslov
Revitalization of Medimurje horse: mitochondrial DNA evidence

Autori
Cubric Curik, V. ; Frkonja, A. ; Kostelic, A. ; Bokor, A ; Ferencakovic, M. ; Tariba, B. ; Druml, T. ; Curik, I.

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts of the 61st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Animal Production / Wageningen Academic Publishers - : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2010, 152-152

ISBN
978-90-8686-177-4

Skup
61st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Animal Production

Mjesto i datum
Heraklion, Grčka, 23.08.2010. - 27.08.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Medimurje horse; revitalization; mtDNA

Sažetak
Medimurje horse is autochthonous breed named after northern region of Croatia that is separated by two rivers Mura and Drava. The history of this draft horse is linked to the Austro-Hungarian Empire where it was spread over the region that today is Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia. So, the breed is also recognized under names Muraközi lo (in Hungarian language), Murinsulaner (in German language) or Medimurski konj (in Croatian language). The origin of the breed is linked to the Noric horse, Arab horse and cold blooded horses from Belgian, Croatia and Germany. Today, there is only 38 horses registered as purebred and the breed is critically endangered in Croatia, while found in traces in Hungary and Slovenia. As a part of revitalization plan of Medimurje horse, we have performed mtDNA analysis. Our goal was to establish maternal lines for future pedigree and mating policy as well as to compare maternal origin of Medimurje horse with other neighboring horse breeds. Thus, we took samples from local population of Posavina horse (7), Croatian coldblood horse (8), Medimurje horse (37) and from Hungary Muraközi lo (23), Noric horse from Austria (38), Traditional Arab horse from Bosnia (10) and Bosnian mountain horse (5). In the analyses we also included published sequences referred to the 610-bp fragment of mtDNA (see Aberle et al. 2007). Only for Croatian and Hungarian samples related to Medimurje horse, we found 20 different mtDNA haplotypes arising from 32 variable sites. Shared haplotypes and ‘mutational vicinity’ of large number of haplotypes indicated closeness of Croatian and Hungarian populations of Medimurje (Muraközi) horse.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Poljoprivreda (agronomija), Biotehnologija

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