East Bulgarian
East Bulgarian mare and foal at Kabiuk stud, near Shumen | |
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): not listed[1]: 15 |
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| Country of origin | Bulgaria |
| Distribution | nation-wide |
| Use | riding, competition |
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The East Bulgarian is a Bulgarian breed of warmblood horse. It developed from the warmblood section established in about 1894, at the Kabiuk State Stud and Stallion Depot in Shumen Province in eastern Bulgaria.[3][4] A stud-book was started in either 1951[5]: 448 or 1959.[2]
References
- ^ Rischkowsky, Barbara; Pilling, Dafydd, eds. (2007). "Annex: Breeds currently recorded in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources" (PDF). The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: FAO. ISBN 978-92-5-105762-9.
- ^ a b c d e Breed data sheet: Eastbulgarian Horse/Bulgaria. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2017.
- ^ East Bulgarian – Detail info. State Enterprise Kabiuk. Archived 21 September 2007.
- ^ Svetlozar Kastchiev (March 2010). The history of Bulgarian horse breeding. ESSA Courier (6): 8–11. Accessed June 2017.
- ^ 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.
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