<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Loud acoustic signals of mammals may contain information about their progenitors. There is a question whether such phenomenon is possible to expect in domestic animal breeds as well, since the time of breed establishment has been a rather long one. Therefore we tested whether a significant morphological distinction of a newly established horse breed and its important founding contributor differed in their vocalization. We analyzed 304 whinnies of 35 individual horses (197 whinnies of 23 individuals belonging to Czech Warmblood and 107 calls of 12 Thoroughbreds). Despite of the fact that the two breeds differed significantly in most of their morphological measurements (height at withers, thoracic perimeter, cannon bone perimeter, and body weight), they did not differ in any of the measured acoustic parameters (both frequency and temporal ones). Our results indicate that morphological distinction of Thoroughbred and Czech Warmblood was not accompanied by distinct vocalization.</p></abstract>

Loud acoustic signals of mammals may contain information about their progenitors. There is a question whether such phenomenon is possible to expect in domestic animal breeds as well, since the time of breed establishment has been a rather long one. Therefore we tested whether a significant morphological distinction of a newly established horse breed and its important founding contributor differed in their vocalization. We analyzed 304 whinnies of 35 individual horses (197 whinnies of 23 individuals belonging to Czech Warmblood and 107 calls of 12 Thoroughbreds). Despite of the fact that the two breeds differed significantly in most of their morphological measurements (height at withers, thoracic perimeter, cannon bone perimeter, and body weight), they did not differ in any of the measured acoustic parameters (both frequency and temporal ones). Our results indicate that morphological distinction of Thoroughbred and Czech Warmblood was not accompanied by distinct vocalization.

Comparative Analysis of Whinnies of Czech Warmblood and Thoroughbred Horses

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic

Ethology group, Institute of Animal Science, Prague - Uhrivenes

Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences,Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica

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Loud acoustic signals of mammals may contain information about their progenitors. There is a question whether such phenomenon is possible to expect in domestic...

Comparative Analysis of Whinnies of Czech Warmblood and Thoroughbred Horses

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 14 - 19

Received: Dec 22, 2013

Accepted: Mar 17, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2014-0002

Keywords
Equus caballus, breed, vocalization, communication, morphology

© Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Comparative Analysis of Whinnies of Czech Warmblood and Thoroughbred Horses

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 14 - 19

Received: Dec 22, 2013

Accepted: Mar 17, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2014-0002

KeywordsEquus caballus, breed, vocalization, communication, morphology

© Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
Equus caballus, breed, vocalization, communication, morphology