Historical Changes and Description of the Current Hungarian Hucul Horse Population
Gene conservation and management of small populations requires proper knowledge of the background and history of the breed. The aim of the study was the evaluation of population structure and changes of the Hungarian Hucul horse population. Population changes were described for the actual breeding s...
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| author | János Posta Enikő Somogyvári Sándor Mihók |
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| description | Gene conservation and management of small populations requires proper knowledge of the background and history of the breed. The aim of the study was the evaluation of population structure and changes of the Hungarian Hucul horse population. Population changes were described for the actual breeding stock as well as for groups of 10-year epochs reflecting major periods of change in the breed. Pedigree data of the registered population were analyzed using Endog and GRain software. The average value of equivalent complete generations was above nine for the actual breeding population. The longest generation interval was the sire-to-daughter pathway. The f<sub>e</sub>/f ratio had smaller changes than f<sub>a</sub>/f<sub>e</sub> ratio across the population history. Inbreeding and average relatedness as well as ancestral coefficients had increased during history. Kalinowski’s decomposition of inbreeding showed that present inbreeding is smaller than it was done earlier during the last 20 years. Due to the continuous imports from other breeder countries, the genetic variability increased during the evaluated time periods. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b06c47a0eb7b456a8839a5a2146e5cc82023-11-20T07:29:28ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152020-07-01107124210.3390/ani10071242Historical Changes and Description of the Current Hungarian Hucul Horse PopulationJános Posta0Enikő Somogyvári1Sándor Mihók2Department of Animal Science, Institute of Animal Science, Biotechnology and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, HungaryDepartment of Animal Science, Institute of Animal Science, Biotechnology and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, HungaryDepartment of Animal Science, Institute of Animal Science, Biotechnology and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, HungaryGene conservation and management of small populations requires proper knowledge of the background and history of the breed. The aim of the study was the evaluation of population structure and changes of the Hungarian Hucul horse population. Population changes were described for the actual breeding stock as well as for groups of 10-year epochs reflecting major periods of change in the breed. Pedigree data of the registered population were analyzed using Endog and GRain software. The average value of equivalent complete generations was above nine for the actual breeding population. The longest generation interval was the sire-to-daughter pathway. The f<sub>e</sub>/f ratio had smaller changes than f<sub>a</sub>/f<sub>e</sub> ratio across the population history. Inbreeding and average relatedness as well as ancestral coefficients had increased during history. Kalinowski’s decomposition of inbreeding showed that present inbreeding is smaller than it was done earlier during the last 20 years. Due to the continuous imports from other breeder countries, the genetic variability increased during the evaluated time periods.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/7/1242Hungarian Hucul horsepedigree structureinbreedinggenetic variability |
| spellingShingle | János Posta Enikő Somogyvári Sándor Mihók Historical Changes and Description of the Current Hungarian Hucul Horse Population Animals Hungarian Hucul horse pedigree structure inbreeding genetic variability |
| title | Historical Changes and Description of the Current Hungarian Hucul Horse Population |
| title_full | Historical Changes and Description of the Current Hungarian Hucul Horse Population |
| title_fullStr | Historical Changes and Description of the Current Hungarian Hucul Horse Population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Historical Changes and Description of the Current Hungarian Hucul Horse Population |
| title_short | Historical Changes and Description of the Current Hungarian Hucul Horse Population |
| title_sort | historical changes and description of the current hungarian hucul horse population |
| topic | Hungarian Hucul horse pedigree structure inbreeding genetic variability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/7/1242 |
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