The Polish Coldblood, Polish: Polski Koń Zimnokrwisty, is a modern Polish breed of draught horse of medium to heavy weight. It was formed in 1964 when the various regional draught breeds or types were merged into a single stud-book, the Księga Stadna Koni Zimnokrwistych I Pogrubionych. Those local types derived from cross-breeding of local mares with imported stallions of heavy draught breeds, principally of Ardennais, Belgian Draught and Swedish Ardennes stock.
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In the twenty-first century the horses are used for tractive power and are reared for horsemeat, particularly for the Italian market.[3]
History
editIn 1964 the various regional draught breeds of Poland were merged into a single stud-book.[4]: 258 Among these were the Garwolin, the Kopczyk Podlaski, the Koszalin, the Lidzbark, the Łowicz-Sochaczewski, the Sokółka and the Sztumski.[5]: 3 [6]: 496–497
Characteristics
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Use
editThe regional draught breeds of Poland were used principally for tractive power in agriculture. In the twenty-first century the horses are commonly reared for horsemeat, particularly for the Italian market.[3][2]
References
edit- ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b Breed data sheet: Polski koń zimnokrwisty / Poland (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2024.
- ^ a b Rasy koni rejestrowane przez PZHK (in Polish). Warsaw: Polski Związek Hodowców Koni. Archived 22 August 2018.
- ^ A. Stachurska, A. Nogaj, A. Brodacki, J. Nogaj, J. Batkowska (2014). Genetic distances between horse breeds in Poland estimated according to blood protein polymorphism. Czech Journal of Animal Science. 59 (6): 257–267. doi:10.17221/7496-CJAS.
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- ^ [Komisja Księgi Stadnej polskich koni zimnokrwistych; Biuro Polskiego Związku Hodowców Koni] (2018). Program Hodowli Koni Rasy Polski Koń Zimnokrwisty (in Polish). Warsaw: Polski Związek Hodowców Koni. Archived 19 March 2022.
- ^ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
