Morphological diversities and ecozones of Ethiopian horse populations
Using standard survey approaches, we carried out a nationwide survey to morphologically characterize and identify ecozones of Ethiopian horse populations. Accordingly, we explored one new feral horse population previously unreported and seven other distinct horse populations. A total of 17 selected...
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| author | Kefena, E. Dessie, Tadelle Han Jianlin Kurtu, M.Y. Rosenbom, S. Beja-Pereira, A. |
| author_browse | Beja-Pereira, A. Dessie, Tadelle Han Jianlin Kefena, E. Kurtu, M.Y. Rosenbom, S. |
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| description | Using standard survey approaches, we carried out a nationwide survey to morphologically characterize and identify ecozones of Ethiopian horse populations. Accordingly, we explored one new feral horse population previously unreported and seven other distinct horse populations. A total of 17 selected morphological variables were recorded on 503 horses (293 stallions and 210 mares) that belong to five out of eight identified horse populations. Pair-wise multiple mean comparisons (PMMC) using one-way analysis of variance and multivariate analyses were performed separately for each sex and least-squares means was used in the case of aggregated sexes. Results of PMMC showed that there were significant differences (P < 0.05) between the means for most of the variables recorded. Principal component analysis showed that height at wither, height at back, height at rump, body length, back length and
barrel length jointly account for about 80 percent of the variations. All squared Mahalanobis distance between populations were significant (P < 0.01). The greatest phenotypic divergence was observed between Bale and Selale horse populations and the least phenotypic divergence was between Horro and Kafa populations. Canonical discriminant function analysis showed that 77.05 percent of individuals were correctly categorized into their respective populations. Moreover, cluster analysis based on squared Mahalanobis distances grouped the five measured Ethiopian horse populations into three major breed groups and five distinct horse populations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace211602024-08-27T10:34:54Z Morphological diversities and ecozones of Ethiopian horse populations Kefena, E. Dessie, Tadelle Han Jianlin Kurtu, M.Y. Rosenbom, S. Beja-Pereira, A. livestock animal breeding Using standard survey approaches, we carried out a nationwide survey to morphologically characterize and identify ecozones of Ethiopian horse populations. Accordingly, we explored one new feral horse population previously unreported and seven other distinct horse populations. A total of 17 selected morphological variables were recorded on 503 horses (293 stallions and 210 mares) that belong to five out of eight identified horse populations. Pair-wise multiple mean comparisons (PMMC) using one-way analysis of variance and multivariate analyses were performed separately for each sex and least-squares means was used in the case of aggregated sexes. Results of PMMC showed that there were significant differences (P < 0.05) between the means for most of the variables recorded. Principal component analysis showed that height at wither, height at back, height at rump, body length, back length and barrel length jointly account for about 80 percent of the variations. All squared Mahalanobis distance between populations were significant (P < 0.01). The greatest phenotypic divergence was observed between Bale and Selale horse populations and the least phenotypic divergence was between Horro and Kafa populations. Canonical discriminant function analysis showed that 77.05 percent of individuals were correctly categorized into their respective populations. Moreover, cluster analysis based on squared Mahalanobis distances grouped the five measured Ethiopian horse populations into three major breed groups and five distinct horse populations. 2012-06 2012-07-02T17:26:37Z 2012-07-02T17:26:37Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21160 en Open Access Cambridge University Press Kefena, E., Dessie, T., Han Jianlin, Kurtu, M.Y., Rosenbom, S. and Beja-Pereira, A. 2012. Morphological diversities and ecozones of Ethiopian horse populations. Animal Genetic Resources 50: 1-12 |
| spellingShingle | livestock animal breeding Kefena, E. Dessie, Tadelle Han Jianlin Kurtu, M.Y. Rosenbom, S. Beja-Pereira, A. Morphological diversities and ecozones of Ethiopian horse populations |
| title | Morphological diversities and ecozones of Ethiopian horse populations |
| title_full | Morphological diversities and ecozones of Ethiopian horse populations |
| title_fullStr | Morphological diversities and ecozones of Ethiopian horse populations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphological diversities and ecozones of Ethiopian horse populations |
| title_short | Morphological diversities and ecozones of Ethiopian horse populations |
| title_sort | morphological diversities and ecozones of ethiopian horse populations |
| topic | livestock animal breeding |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21160 |
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