Azerbaijan horse

For the region, see Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan
Conservation statusFAO (2007): endangered[1]: 7 
Other names
Country of originAzerbaijan
Traits
Height
  • 135–142 cm

The Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan atı), is an Azerbaijani breed or group of breeds of riding horse of Oriental type.[2]: 440  In 2007 it was listed by the FAO as endangered;[1]: 7  in 2021 it was not among the horse breeds reported to DAD-IS.[3]

Four strains or types of Azerbaijani are recognised as distinct breeds: the Deliboz,[4]: 292 [5] the Guba,[6]: 292 [7] the Shirvan[8] and the Lesser Caucasus.[1]: 7 [9]: 4 [10] The Karabakh may also be included in this group.[11]

In 2007 there were just under 70 000 horses in Azerbaijan; 14–16% of those were Deliboz, while the other three strains or breeds constituted 8–10% of the total; 20–22% were of the Karabakh breed.[9]: 4 

References

  1. ^ a b c Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (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: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed October 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Breed data sheet: Azerbaijan, Cattle. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2021.
  4. ^ N.G. Dmitriev, L.K. Ernst (1989). Animal genetic resources of the USSR. FAO animal production and health paper 65. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9251025827. Archived 13 November 2009. Also available here, archived 29 September 2017.
  5. ^ Breed data sheet: Dilbaz / Azerbaijan (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2021.
  6. ^ Élise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). Horses of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691167206.
  7. ^ Breed data sheet: Guba / Azerbaijan (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2021.
  8. ^ Breed data sheet: Shirvan / Azerbaijan (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2021.
  9. ^ a b Farid Alakbarli (2016). Horses of Azerbaijan: A Historical Survey. Baku: Azerbaijan Association of Medical Historians. Accessed March 2019.
  10. ^ Breed data sheet: Lower Caucasus / Azerbaijan (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2021.
  11. ^ Семён Михайлович Будённый/Semën Mikhaĭlovich Budënnyĭ (1952 [1933]). Книга о лошади = Kniga o loshadi (in Russian). Сельхозгиз, Moskva: Selʹkhozgiz. Cited at: Азербайджанская лошадь (in Russian). Большая советская энциклопедия=Great Soviet Encyclopaedia. Accessed July 2021.