Interstallion

Introduction

Ramiro, one of the common stallions

Horse sport as well as horse breeding are developing towards international activities.
With horses travelling all over the world, the information belonging to each of these horses should
travel along with them. Furthermore, some stallions are used for breeding in different studbooks and
breeders are in demand for comparable and transparant information on the genetic merit is (courtesy of Ramiro)

Background

The correct interpretation of information such as test results and genetic evaluations is extremely
important when selecting foreign genetic material. The Interstallion committee was established in 1998
to improve the correct understanding of these information sources. This committee includes 8 members,
representing breeding organisations and research institutes.

Aims

  • to describe breeding objectives, testing procedures and genetic evaluation methods of warmblood breeding organisations;
  • to recommend improvements of national genetic evaluation systems;
  • to study methods of comparing genetic evaluations across countries.

Activities

  • Interstallion has compiled a systematic overview of testing and genetic evaluation
    methods as practised by the various organisations. These data are
    published on the Internet in a standardised format and are discussed in
    scientific publications;
  • Recommendations on the publication of breeding values have been formulated and can be found in (Recommendation_scale.pdf)
  • In collaboration with FEI and WBFSH, the availability and quality of
    information on horses competing internationally has been improved.
  • The Interstallion meetings and workshops have facilitated the exchange of
    experiences from genetic evaluations and stallion licensing
  • The international comparability of genetic evaluations is currently being studied in two pilot projects in Sweden and France.

Contact

President of the Interstallion committee is Prof. Jan Philipsson and secretary is Steven Janssens.

Scientific publications

General publications


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