Norwegian Fjord Horses Great
What has stripes on the legs and straight hair like a zebra? The answer is the Norwegian Fjord Horse, (pronounced "Yorda payment, but compressed for quick spoken" fyord "), a very strong race, but short of horses from the mountainous regions of Western Norway, which is also known as "Vestlandshesten" (the horse of the west country). It is one of the oldest and purest of domestic horses world, with a long history recorded by any crossbreeding with other horses.
It is believed that the ancestors of the Fjord horse migrated to Norway from central Europe more than 4000 years ago. It bears a striking resemblance to the horses painted on cave walls 30,000 years ago. Archaeological excavations at Viking burial sites indicate the herds of wild horses existed in Fjord Norway after the last ice age. Also appear to have been domesticated over 3000 years ago, and they were selectively bred for at least 2,000 years. Norwegian Fjord horses were an important part of Viking society, and may have been part of the founding stock for the Icelandic horse races as well as native Celtic horses in Britain, or vice versa.
Fjord Horses today retain many features color and markings of the primitive Przewalski's or Mongolian Wild Horse, which many believe have the same origin, but the fjord is like the European wild horse, the Tarpan, which extinct in its natural state. The Fjord horse could not have descended from the Przewalski's Horse Przewalski from has 66 chromosomes and the fjord and Tarpan have 64.
Each horse Fjord presents the "wild" brown horse ancient and primitive markings which include zebra stripes on the legs and light fringes on hock, with the dark or striped helmets. A distinct dark stripe runs from the crest of the neck and back and tail. The ears have dark edges and transverse bars can also be seen on the cross. Norwegian Fjord Horses maintain strength and vigor of their wild ancestors with a food conversion efficiency, maintenance excellent body condition in good pastures, and scattered individual grazing.
Today is one of Norway's national symbols and industry Tourism employs the Fjord horse as a representative of Norwegian culture. Fjord horses carry tourists return to the waterfalls and glaciers of the Norwegian countryside, and are part of any package tour in Norway, including the horses. The Fjord horse featured in the civic crests for many regions of Norway and was also represented in 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer as a cultural ambassador – along with two other Norwegian native breeds, the horse and the horse Dшle Northlands – the drawing cars that transport the competitors and celebrities to the different activities.
All breeding in Norway is controlled by a government agency Norwegian Fjordhestlag Norges Hestesenter and Norsk (Norwegian Centre NHS or Horse) The export of Fjord horses are carefully controlled to ensure that the material only champion out of the country. The fjords now have registries in Canada, the United States, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Sweden. Approximately twenty-two Fjords have been imported to the United States, most of them in the middle of 1950. Since 1981, the Fjord breed has been traced in the U.S. by the Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry (NFHR) and in Canada by the Canadian Association of Fjord horse (CFHA).
Fjords generally range in size from 13.1 to 14.2 hands and weigh between 900 and 1,200 pounds. Technically, Norwegian Fjord horse should be classified as a horse, but they are always mentioned as the horses in Norway and what the trend has continued throughout the world. The extraordinary power its small size allows Fjords to be used for all types of riding, driving and draft work.
The Norwegian Fjord Horse aires must be energetic, with good balance and cadence is resilient enough to make an effort to walk, trot and canter. The trot is strong, but the excessive action not considered typical of the breed.
The provision Fjord horse extremely soft, cool temperament, curious, active character, loyalty and versatility in general, both saddle and harness, make the ideal family horse. When properly trained, will do any task.
One of the most unique features of the Norwegian Fjord Horse is a natural straight hair growth. A dark, usually black, dorsal band runs down the center or core the hair, while hair outer limit is cream or white. The lock of adult horses ranges from half to two thirds of the head. This is a two-tone hair unique feature rarely seen in other horses with dun coloring. The mane trimmed maintained between 4 to 6 inches in half-moon shaped prominent feature of the curve neck, and to ensure that you always stand still when wet. The outer coat is lighter then trimmed slightly shorter than the dark dorsal hair interior to show the dramatic dark stripe in the center, which runs all the way down the spine and core of the tail.
Horizontal stripes zebra may occur in the legs and are most noticeable and numerous in the front legs. They are the same color as the midtstol, but are paler and tend to be more visible during the summer. Can be confusing or missing from the pale horse. It also may be missing in grе horses, whose legs can be the same color as the body, or darker to the knees and hocks. The foals are born without zebra stripes, but after the baby jacket spills out, that is, when the lines are similar, if they are to appear at all.
Sometimes there are small brown spots on the body, like the thigh or cheek. Occasionally they can be dark stripes as zebra in everything and at right angles to the cross.
White marks are not common in Norwegian Fjord horses and apart from a small white star on the forehead, are considered undesirable. In fact, the 1982 meeting it was decided that Norges Fjordhestlag stallions and foals with other white markings are not licensed.
End 1800, the Norwegian Fjord Horse almost extinct, although the reason is unknown. Today's horses all descend from one stallion only survivor, Njal 166, born 1891. In genetic terms is known as a founding sire. Their genes have influenced the development of the whole race as we know it and all living Norwegian Fjord horses.
Because so few individuals survived every calamity fell on race, genetic diversity of race has declined severely, and some alleles were lost completely, possibly including the AA and A alleles at the agouti locus. The race passed through what is called a genetic bottleneck, when the wild-type allele at the site seems to be dun been lost, so now all the horses are dun Fjord Norway. In this race the dun allele is therefore only the allele at the locus and is said to be fixed (ie, frequency is 100%).
Color variations between 5 browns are subtle and difficult to distinguish unless shades horses standing side by side. The terms of non-standard color compared to English terminology, the difference is based in part on the terms of Norway, which were set in 1922 and their English translations which became official in 1980. In Norwegian (Norsk) language, darker hair band in the middle of the mane is called midtstol ", while the darker hair in the center the tail is halefjжr. "
Brunblakk is the most common color. In 2005, 90% of all registered horses brunblakk Norwegian fjord. Rшdblakk is the equivalent of red dun. It can be difficult to differentiate between a coffee and a brownish red. Rшdblakk foals can be born with white helmets darken over time. Although grе gray means in Norwegian, grе dun horses black horses are actually brown, sometimes black smoke dun (ie, black with cream and dun dilution). Grе not is the conventional gray eventually causes aging, but they pale silver gray to slate gray. Ulsblakk is the equivalent of buckskin dun. Originally ulsblakk was the most common color of registered horses and was also named Fjord borket, but its popularity waned due to the production of foals when horses kvit ulsblakk reared together. Gulblakk is the equivalent of palomino and dun the rarest of all colors. Kvit Cremella is equivalent to pearl or brown. It is a rare color due to selection intentional against it, and glass (eyes) blue or wall. The color can be produced by crossing gulblakk whether or ulsblakk gulblakk, or by crossing two horses ulsblakk together.
Despite the small genetic pool, the only reported genetic defect in the Fjord horse is a condition that was observed in the 1980s known as hereditary lethal arthrogryposis (muscle contracture). Was observed in women who were fathered foals all by a stallion named Bingo. This horse was very normal appearance, but inadequate, the foals are born with legs contracted, tips and additional jaw defects including cleft palate and parrot mouth. There has been a problem in recent years.
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