List of Swiss horse breeds

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This is a list of the Swiss breeds of horse, [1] with various names used for them in that country:

International nameFrenchGermanItalianNotesImage
Ajoieextinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the 1970s [2] : 298 
Burgdorfercoldblood, from cross-breeding of Jura and Ardennes, became extinct in the twentieth century [3] [4]
Cavallo della Madonnawarmblood, considered extinct since the mid-twentieth century; [3] contributed to the development of the Swiss Warmblood, which is sometimes known as the New Einsiedeln; [5] a small number remain [6] : 202 
Entlebucherlight coldblood, became extinct in the twentieth century [3]
Erlenbach Erlenbacherderived from Danish mares and Mecklenburger stallions, original form lost by the mid-eighteenth century; [7] : 506  warmblood, became extinct in the twentieth century, merged into the Swiss Warmblood [2] : 300  [3] [5] Erlenbach horse.jpg
  • Franches-Montagnes
  • Franc-Montagnard
  • Cheval du Jura
  • Jura [2] : 298 
 Freiberger Adelboden Freiberger.jpg
Ormontextinct [5]
Schwyzextinct [5]
Swiss Halfbloodextinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the mid-twentieth century [7] : 506 
  • Demi-Sang CH
  • Demi-sang Suisse
  • Schweizer Warmblut
  • CH-Warmblut
  • Neue Einsiedler
Cavallo della Svizzeraformed in the early 1970s through merger of the Ajoie, Einsiedler and Erlenbach local breeds and the Swiss Halfblood; [2] : 300  [7] : 506  sometimes known as 'Neue Einsiedeln'. [7] : 506  54eme CHI de Geneve, Prix de la Federation d'Elevage du Cheval de Sport CH, Penelope Leprevost et Cayman Athletic CH 3 (cropped).jpg

Other extinct breeds

ProSpecieRara lists several other extinct Swiss breeds of horse: [8]

References

  1. ↑ Breed data sheet: Switzerland / Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 [Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe] (2003). Agricultural Genetic Resources in the Alps; Landwirtschaftliche Genressourcen der Alpen; Ressources génétiques agricoles des Alpes; Risorse genetiche agricole delle Alpi; Kmetijski genetski viri v Alpha. Zürich: Bristol-Stiftung; Bern, Stuttgart, Wien: Haupt. ISBN   3258066698. Archived 24 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Das Original Freiberger Pferd (in German). Interessengemeinschaft zur Erhaltung des Original Freiberger Pferdes. Archived 12 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Breed data sheet: Burgdorfer / Switzerland (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed April 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Historique (in French). Avenches: Fédération Suisse du Franches-Montagnes. Archived 29 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Élise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). Horses of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN   9780691167206.
  7. 1 2 3 4 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.
  8. ↑ [s.n.] (2016). Nutztierrassen und -schläge der Schweiz (in German). Basel: ProSpecieRara Schweiz. Archived 7 December 2016.
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