A study to determine the breeding and birth season in Arabian horses in Iraq | ||
| Euphrates Journal of Agriculture Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2016, Pages 54-58 | ||
| Author | ||
| Khalid Mohammed Karam | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The objective of this study is to determine the seasonality of birth and cyclic season in Arabian mares in Iraq depending on the database collected from Iraqi organization of Arabian horses registered in the International organization of Arabian Horses (UK), data of 410 Arabian horses were collected on this study.Results showed that the highest ratio of birth in the Arabian mares were in spring (55.3%) compared with the autumn, winter and summer, 18.2, 14.8 and 11.7% respectively. Results also showed the highest ratio of cyclic season in the Arabian mares were in spring (48.7%) compared with the summer, autumn and winter (23.6%, 13.9% ,13.6%) respectively ,while showed the highest birth rate (26.1%) in April and highest breeding month (26.1%) registered in May. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Arabian mares; Breeding Season; birth season; Iraq | ||
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