Albanian horse

Albanian
	Near Shishtavec , in Kukes County
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not at risk
Other names	Albanian : Kali shqiptar
Country of origin	Albania
Use	pack ; harness ; riding ;
Traits
Weight	Male: average 304 kg (670 lb) ; Female: average 260 kg (570 lb) ;
Height	mountain type: 127?130 cm (12.2?12.3 hands) ; Myzeqeja type: 132?142 cm (13?14 hands) ; ; Male: average 140 cm (13.3 hands) ; Female: average 136 cm (13.1 hands) ;
Colour	dark colours or grey
	Equus ferus caballus ;

The Albanian ( Albanian : Kali Shqiptar ) is the only indigenous horse breed in Albania . It is a small horse, and similar to other Balkan horses. Two types are distinguished, a mountain type and a lowland type, which may be called "Myzeqeja" after the lowland Myzeqeja region. ^[4]^: 11^[2]^: 433

History [ edit ]

Before the communist era in Albania , the Albanian horse had a good reputation for endurance and stamina. From 1904 Arab stock was used for cross-breeding; ^[4]^: 11 Haflinger and Nonius stock was later used. ^[2]^: 433

Use [ edit ]

The horse was until recently the principal means of transport in the country, which had no tractors: it was thus essential to the national economy. Horses were used by the Albanian military until 1974. The Albanian horse is used almost exclusively in harness or as a pack animal , and only occasionally for riding . ^[4]^: 11

References [ edit ]

^ 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 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Breed data sheet: Comune/Albania . Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Robin Hanbury-Tenison (2009). Land of eagles: riding through Europe's forgotten country . London; New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 9781441641274 . p. 11.

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[barb-1] 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 January 2017.

[cabi-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 .

[dad-3] Breed data sheet: Comune/Albania . Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2014.

[robin-4] Robin Hanbury-Tenison (2009). Land of eagles: riding through Europe's forgotten country . London; New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 9781441641274 . p. 11.

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