Associação da biometria no desempenho morfo funcional no cavalo crioulo participante do Freio de Ouro

Abstract

In most domestic species productive research have overcome research on morphology however in equine specie morphological characteristics are of extreme importance because they are important tools for selection and are associated to functional performance. Studies on characterization of breed standards in Criollos horses based on biometric date as well as their relashionship with performance are scarce. So the knowledge of morphological standards, the association among them and the study of their trends is basic for the design of selection programs. The target of this study was to give scientific support to wath, nowadays, is done in a subjective way, allowing improvement to the breed.The aim of the present study was to identify biometric measurements in Criollo horse and correlate it whith morphological and functional performance in Freio de Ouro competition. It was identified that there are morphological characteristics that are associated with no so high intensity as expected. The morphological characteristics more associated were dorsal neck length and thoracic girth.