Hispano-Bretón
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The Hispano-Bretón is a Spanish breed of draught horse, reared principally for horse-meat.[4]: 473 [5]: 473 [6][7][8][9] It results from cross-breeding of imported Breton horses with native Pura Raza Española stock. It is distributed mainly in two separate areas of northern Spain: Castile and León and parts of neighbouring Cantabria; and the Pyrenees of Catalonia. It is listed in the Catálogo Oficial de Razas de Ganado de España in the group of autochthonous breeds in danger of extinction.[10] It is one of the four heavy horse breeds of Spain which together constitute approximately 90% of all horses slaughtered for horse-meat; the others are the Jaca Navarra, the Burguete and the Pirinenc Català.[11]
Conservation
[edit]This breed has a high level of genetic diversity within its gene pool, at least as compared to Pura Raza Española horses. Further analysis via microsatellites showed that, despite that, the breed has experienced inbreeding to a degree, though it seems that they haven't suffered much of a loss of genetic diversity from that, as their allelic richness remains high.[12]
In 2015 the conservation status of the Hispano-Bretón was "endangered".[13]
References
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Breed data sheet: Hispano-Bretón / Spain (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed April 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Raza equino caballar Hispano-Bretón:: Datos Morfológicos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. Archived 9 December 2025.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Miguel Fernández Rodríguez, Mariano Gómez Fernández, Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo, Silvia Adán Belmonte, Miguel Jiménez Cabras (editors) (2009). Guía de campo de las razas autóctonas españolas (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino. ISBN 9788449109461.
- ↑ Raza equino caballar Hispano-Bretón: Datos Generales (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. Archived 10 November 2025.
- ↑ Raza equino caballar Hispano-Bretón:: Usos y sistema de explotación (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. Archived 10 December 2025.
- ↑ Raza equino caballar Hispano-Bretón:: Datos productivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. Archived 24 January 2026.
- ↑ Datos censales (Hispano-Bretón) (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. Archived 17 December 2025 2025.
- ↑ Ganaderia: Clasificación de Razas (in Spanish). Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino. Archived 26 March 2010.
- ↑ M.D. Gómez, P.J. Azor, M.E. Alonso, J. Jordana, M. Valera (2012). Morphological and genetic characterization of Spanish heavy horse breeds: Implications for their conservation. Livestock Science. 144 (1–2): 57–66. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2011.10.013.
- ↑ L.M. Pérez‐Gutiérrez, A. De la Peña, P. Arana (2008). Genetic analysis of the Hispano‐Breton heavy horse. Animal Genetics. 39 (5): 506–514. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.2008.01762.x.
- ↑ O. Cortés, J.L. Vega-Pla, A. Berruezo, N. Chomon, M.M. Oom, S. Dunner, J.V. Delgado, L. Gama, C. Ginja, J. Jordana, V. Landi, C. Luís, I. Martín-Burriel, A.M. Martínez, P. Zaragoza (2015). Posicionamiento genético de la raza equina Hispano-Bretón (in Spanish). Actas Iberoamericanas de Conservación Animal. 5 (2015): 70–77.
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