Systems of identification in horses / Free communications

Date: 05 June ‘05; 9:30 - 13:00 hours
Chairperson: Guibert (F) / Curik (CRO)

Theatre

• Identification methods of horses in Germany (Dohms, T. and K. Miesner)

• Identification of horses in Great Britain, including the role of horse passports and the establishement of the national equine database (Newman, P., D. Holmes and D. Yates)

• Identification and registration of equines in the Netherlands (Klaver, J., A. de Vries and M. van Lent)

• Identification of horses in France (Guibert, X. and D. De Cadolle)

• Identification of horses in Ireland (Finnerty, N.)

• Identification system of horses in Hungary (Bodó, I., S. Mihók, B. Pataki, J. Posta and Zs. Tóth)

• Identification of equidae in the European Community (Füssel, A.-E. and K.U. Sprenger)

• International horse identification tools (Guibert, X. and D. De Cadolle)

• The Universal Equine Life Number (UELN) (Guibert, X. and S. Gautier)

• Data exchanges with XML format (Gautier, S.)

• FEI new database, link with the original stud books (Sluyter, F. and C. de Coulon)

• Practical and methodological views on identification and parentage control of horses (Mikko, S. and K. Sandberg)

• Connectedness among five European sport horse populations (Thorén, E., H. Jorjani and J. Philipsson)

• Genetic correlations between movement and free-jumping traits and performance in show-jumping and dressage competition of Dutch warmblood horses (Ducro, B.J., E.P.C. Koenen and J.M.F.M. van Tartwijk)

• Efficiency of past selection of French Sport Horse : the Selle Français and suggestions for the future (Dubois, C. and A. Ricard)

• Is the freestyle dressage competition a reliable test of the horse’s performance? (Stachurska, A., M. Pieta, W. Markowski and K. Czyrska)

• Analysis of body shape variation among different horse breeds via Generalised Procrustes Analysis (GPA) (Druml, T., I. Curik and J. Sölkner)

• Genetic evaluation of station performance test results of Dutch Friesian horses (Koenen, E.P.C. and I. Hellinga)

• Selection strategies in an endangered Norwegian horse breed (Olsen, H.F., G. Klemetsdal, M. Holtsmark and J. Ruane)

• Dry matter production and energy content of a natural pasture grazed by wild horses over a two years period (Costantini, M., N. Miraglia, M. Polidori and G. Meineri)

• Analysis of the daily biorhythm from horses, measured on movement activity and rest periods, with pedometer in different horse keeping systems (Rose, S., U. Brehme, U. Stollberg, Y. Buchor and R. v. Niederhäusern)

Poster

• DNS microsatellite test of Hutsul horses in Hungary (Józsa, Cs., B. Bán, S. Mihók, I. Bodó and F. Husvéth)
• Assesment of Old Kladruby horse´s constitution (Sobotkova, E., I. Jiskrova, D. Misar and M. Holecova)
• Preliminary analysis of the morphofunctional evaluation in horse-show of Andalusian Horse (Valera, M., J.A. Gessa, M.D. Gómez, A. Horcada, C. Medina, I. Cervantes, F. Goyache and A. Molina)
• The estimation of the breeding value of English thoroughbreds in the Czech Republic (Svobodova, S., C. Blouin and B. Langlois)
• Modelling breeding schemes for two Bavarian horse populations (Edel, C. and L. Dempfle)
• Genetic analysis of caliber index in Lipizzan horse using random regression (Kaps, M., I. Curik and M. Baban)
• Characterisation of triacylglycerols in donkey milk using HPLC/MS (Chiofalo, B., P. Dugo, E. Salimei, L. Mondello and V. Chiofalo)
• The raising system for Marismeña equine breed in the Natural Park of Doñana (Spain) (Luque, M., E. Rodero, F. Peña, A. Molina, F. Goyache and M. Herrera)
• Feeding, riding properties and behaviour (Herlin, A.H., M. Rundgren and M. Lundberg)
• Relationship between maintenance conditions and elimination behaviour in horses (Nedelcu, C.I., M.M. Nedelcu, Gh. Georgescu and A. Marmandiu)
• Human-mare relationships and behaviour of foals toward humans (Henry, S., D. Hemery, M.-A. Richard and M. Hausberger)
• Evaluation of horse keeping in Schleswig-Holstein (Petersen, S., K.H. Tölle, K. Blobel, A. Grabner and J. Krieter)
• An estimation of reliability of judging the horse dressage competitions (Stachurska, A., J. Niewczas and W. Markowski)
• Which movements of freestyle dressage programs are difficult for horses to execute and for judges to assess? (Stachurska, A., W. Markowski, M. Pieta and M. Wesolowska-Janczarek)
• Evaluation for riding and driving purposes of Bardigiano Horse stallions and mares (Catalano, A.L., F. Martuzzi, S. Filippini and F. Vaccari Simonini)
• On breeding value of the Tori Horses (Peterson, H.)
• Evaluation of linear conformation traits of the autochthonous horse breeds in Croatia (Ivankovic, A., P. Caput, P. Mijic and M. Konjacic)