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The Encyclopedia of the Horse. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9780756628949. OL 21938319M. Hendricks, Bonnie (1995). International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806127538. OL 1279627M. Porter, Valerie (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties (5th ed.). CABI. ISBN 085199430X. OL ...
The Campeiro is a breed of small horse from Brazil. It is thought to descend from horses brought to South America in the sixteenth century. Because it has an ambling gait and comes from the area of the Araucária forests of southern Brazil, it may also be known as the Marchador das Araucárias.
The breed is named "Criollo de trote" in the DAD-IS database [4] and "Trotteur criollo" in the Delachaux guide, which also cites the local name Cubano de trote. [1] The breed originates from mixtures of Iberian Criollo horses and Canadian horses , [ 5 ] imported before the American Revolution to work on sugarcane plantations.
In most cases, bloodlines of horse breeds are recorded with a breed registry. The concept is somewhat flexible in horses, as open stud books are created for recording pedigrees of horse breeds that are not yet fully true-breeding. Registries are considered the authority as to whether a given breed is listed as a "horse" or a "pony".
In 2024 the total number of the horses was some 121 000 –126 000 head, substantially lower than in 2002, when it was almost 330 000. The registered breeding stock consisted of approximately 8000 brood-mares and 2000 stallions. [2] In 2024 the conservation status of the breed was "not at risk". [2]
1860 engraving depicting the performing horse Marocco. A significant portion of medieval technical literature consists of treatises on veterinary care. [S 11] Arab and Muslim scholars made notable contributions to the knowledge of equine medicine, education, [5] and training, in part due to the contributions of the translator Ibn Akhî Hizâm, who wrote around 895, [6] and Ibn al-Awam, who ...
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Slovenian Cold-blood (Slovene: Slovenski hladnokrvni konj [2]) is an autochthonous breed of horse, originating in Slovenia. [2] There are only four autochthonous horse breeds in Slovenia, besides Slovenian Cold-blood the Bosnian Mountain Horse, Lipizzan and Posavac also have this status. [3] The breed got its current name in year 1964.