Procena Fizioloških Parametara I Reaktivnosti Kobila I Pastuva Na Osnovu Performans Testa

In many countries completing the performance test requirements is obligatory only for stallions, but some breeders also decide for the assessment of their mares’ performance under standardized conditions. This study is aimed the evaluation of sex related effects on behavioral and physiological reactivity in fearfulness test and performance test scores in Polish warmblood horses of Małopolska breed (22 mares and 34 stallions) assessed at the training station. Equine reactivity to potentially frightening stimuli was assessed in the fearfulness test by behavior scoring and heart rate monitoring. Horses of both sexes were assessed in standardized performance tests accordingly to the rules of performance tests given in the Breeding Program for the Małopolski Horse Breed by the Polish Horse Breeders Association. The mares showed a signifi cantly more quiet response in the fearfulness test in comparison to stallions. A relation among some reactivity and performance traits in both sexes was found. The behavior scores of the fearfulness test were positively correlated with character and temperament only in mares. However, the better the scores for temperament and character the stallions received, the lower the heart rate before testing. The present study demonstrates that temperament and character assessment, as a part of the standardized performance test, should involve not only a subjective trainer’s evaluation, but also a horse reactivity assessment based on objective behavioral tests and heart rate monitoring. The results showed that sex has an effect on behavioral reactivity of horses. Thus, it is important to consider the horses’ sex during selection for a particular type of riding, and performance assessment should be obligatory for both sexes. The assessment of the same performance traits in both, stallions and mares, signifi cantly improves good breeding practice.U mnogim zemljama obavezan je performans test samo za pastuve ali se neki uzgajivači odlučuju da obave i procenu performansi kobila u standardizovanim uslovima. Ispitivanje je vršeno radi procene uticaja pola na ponašanje i reakciju na strah kao i na rezultate performans testa kod poljskih punokrvnjaka (22 kobile i 34 pastuva). Ispitivanja su obavljena na lokaciji gde konji treniraju. Procenjivane su reakcije konja na potencijalnu opasnost, a rezultati testa ponašanja i praćenja srčanog rada prikazani su putem skora. Životinje oba pola su procenjivane na osnovu performans testa, standarizovanog prema kriterijumima Asocijacije odgajivača poljskih konja. Kobile su značajno mirnije reagovale u testu reakcije na opasnost (strah) u poređenju sa pastuvima. Uočena je povezanost pojedinih reakcija kod oba pola. Pozitivna korelacija skora ponašanja i temperamenta u testu opasnosti (strah), uočena je samo kod kobila. Međutim, bolji skorovi za temperament i karakter kod pastuva su uočeni kod životinja sa nižim vrednostima pulsa. Ova studija prikazuje da procena temperamenta i karaktera, kao deo standardizovanog performans testa, treba da obuhvata ne samo subjektivnu procenu trenera nego i objektivnu, testom procenjenu reaktivnost konja, zasnovanu na monitoringu ponašanja i srčanog rada. Na osnovu dobijenih rezultata može se zaključiti da pol ima uticaja na reaktivnost konja. Otuda je važno da se u obzir uzme i pol životinje prilikom odabira za određene tipove jahanja i da performans test bude obavezan za oba pola. Procena istih performans karakteristika za oba pola - pastuve i kobile, značajno poboljšava dobru praksu u uzgoju konja