Foutanké

Foutanké
Other names
  • Fouta
  • Sine-Saloum[1]: 256 
Country of originSenegal

The Foutanké or Fouta is a breed or type of light horse from Senegal, in West Africa.[2] It results from the cross-breeding of a Fleuve stallion with an M'Bayar mare; its conformation is similar to that of the Fleuve.[3]: 15  It is one of the four recognised Senegalese horse breeds – the others being the M'Bayar, the Fleuve and the M'Par[4]: 23  – and is highly valued for horse-racing.[5]: 38 

History

The origins of the horse in Senegal are not documented.[6]: 261  In 1996, Senegal had a horse population of about 400,000 head, the largest of any West African country.[5]: 36  This was a substantial increase from the 216,000 reported in 1978,[3]: 10  and a much greater increase from the population after the Second World War, estimated at barely 30,000.[6]: 260  Population numbers for the Foutanké are not reported.[2] In 2007 the FAO did not have data from which to estimate the conservation status of the breed.[7]: 101 

References

  1. ^ Georges Doutressoulle (1947). L'élevage en Afrique occidentale française (in French). Paris: Larose.
  2. ^ a b Breed data sheet: Fouta/Senegal. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.
  3. ^ a b Magatte Ndiaye (1978). Contribution à l'étude de l'élevage du cheval au Sénégal (doctoral thesis, in French). Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et Médecine Vétérinaires de Dakar. Accessed March 2016.
  4. ^ [Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles] (2003). Rapport national sur l'état des ressources zoogénétiques au Sénégal (in French); 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 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b J.-P. Dehoux, A. Dieng, A. Buldgen (1996). Le cheval Mbayar dans la partie centrale du bassin arachidier sénégalais (in French). Animal Genetic Resources Information 20: 35–54.
  6. ^ a b R. Larrat (1947). L'élevage du cheval au Sénégal (in French). Revue d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux 1 (4): 257–265.
  7. ^ 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 March 2016.


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