Vyhodnotenie exteriérových vlastností huculských koní vo vybraných chovoch v Európe =:Evaluation of exterior of selected herds of Hucul horses bred in Europe /

The aim of the dissertation thesis was compared exterior of Hucul horses in terms of age, sex, sire line, place and country of measurement and tried to find out relative relations between these factors. The measurements were taken in 4 coutries in 12 places. At the beginning we targeted the breeding conditions and we analyzed stud material. Then we measured 14 body dimensions in every breeding. From these data the 7 hippometric indices were calculated and processed statistically using the statistical programme Unistat version 6.5. Most of the highly significant differences were differences between places and country of measurement. Hucul horses from Czech republic and Slovakia are higher, stronger and more compact but with weaker skeleton. Hucul horses from Hungary are also higher but shorter, less strong and less compact but with the strongest skeleton. Polish Hucul horses are the smallest but also longest with the most rebuilt body. However, they are rather bony. On the basis of the results of the analysis on the effect of sex we found out that mares are longer and stronger, with longer and wider pelvis and finer skeleton. Individuals from Oušor and Prislop lines are significantly higher, from Polan and Goral line smaller. Individuals from Goral line have shorter head, from Prislop line longer head. Individuals from Prislop line are, due to the highest high in wither, at least bony. The most bony is the Gurgul and Oušor line. Evaluation of the effect of age showed that the growing age does not affect the dimensions of the length and width of the pelvis, the length of the head, or the high in wither. With the rising age, the height in the saddle and croup decreases which leads to reduction of index of rebuildness. The dimensions of heart girth and depth of chest with the age from 7 to 18 years are gradually increasing