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Breed of horse

Conservation statusFAO (2007): not at risk^[1]^: 81

Other namesBama Myinn

Country of originMyanmar

Burmese Horse
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not at risk^[1]^: 81
Other names	Bama Myinn
Country of origin	Myanmar
Use	draught^[2]
Equus ferus caballus

The Burmese Horse or Bama Myinn is a breed of horse from Myanmar (Burma).^[3] It is one of two horse breeds in Myanmar, the other being the Shan Horse.^[2]

The Burmese Horse is one of two horse breeds in Myanmar, the other being the Shan Horse.^[2] The two are sometimes treated as synonyms,^[4]^: 448 but are separately reported to DAD-IS by the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development of Myanmar.^[5]

The population of the Burmese breed was last reported to DAD-IS in 1991, when there were 26 000 breeding mares.^[3] In 2007 its conservation status was recorded by the FAO as "not at risk".^[1]^: 81

Characteristics

The Burmese Horse is well adapted to hot and humid conditions.^[3] Its coat is not as thick as that of the Shan Horse.^[6] It is used as a draught horse.^[2]

References

1 2 Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (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: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
1 2 3 4 National Consultative Committee (2005). National Report on Animal Genetic Resources, The Union of Myanmar^{[dead link]}, 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.
1 2 3 Burmese/Myanmar. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 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.
↑ Breeds reported by Myanmar: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2017.
↑ Shan Pony/Myanmar. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2017.

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