// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did Miyako horse go to therapy? It had a little "stable" issue.
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The Miyako (Japanese: 宮古馬, Miyako uma) is a Japanese breed of small horse originating on Miyako Island, in the Ryukyu Islands in the southern part of Okinawa Prefecture, in south-western Japan.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In the twenty-first century it is an endangered breed: total numbers have not been recorded at over forty head since records began in 1977.[3]: 94 [2]
History
[edit]The Miyako is a traditional breed of Miyako Island, in the Ryukyu Islands in the southern part of Okinawa Prefecture, in south-western Japan.[2] It was formerly a small horse, with a height at the withers of some 120–122 cm. In the mid-twentieth century it was cross-bred with larger horses of foreign origin, leading to in increase in height to about 142 cm.[10]: 486
References
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- ↑ 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 5 Breed data sheet: Miyako / Japan (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2026.
- 1 2 [Editorial Committee Office of the Japanese Country Report, Animal Genetic Resources Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan] ([n.d.]). Country Report (For FAO State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources Process); annex to: Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). 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 15 October 2012.
- ↑ Mioko Masuda, Teruaki Tozaki, Koki Kawate, Risako Furukawa, Mio Kikuchi, Taichiro Ishige, Hironaga Kakoi (2026). Genetic background and phenotypic features of the endangered Miyako horse. Journal of Equine Science. 37 (1): 27–34.
. - ↑ Mioko Masuda, Akihiro Nikadori, Emi Nikadori, Naoya Uchida, Yoshimasa Takizawa, Mutsuki Ishimaru, Takumi Yamamoto, Reiko Yua (2023). Evaluation of genetic diversity using 31 microsatellites in Miyako horses. Journal of Equine Science. 34 (1): 1–6. .
- ↑ Natsuko Senju, Teruaki Tozaki, Hironaga Kakoi, Ryota Matsuyama, Kotono Nakamura, Masaki Takasu (2018). Genetic relationship between Miyako and Yonaguni horses native to Okinawa based on polymorphisms of microsatellites. Journal of Equine Science. 29 (4): 87–90. .
- ↑ Natsuko Senju, Teruaki Tozaki, Hironaga Kakoi, Julio Almunia, Masami Maeda, Ryota Matsuyama, Masaki Takasu (2017). Genetic characterization of the Miyako horse based on polymorphisms of microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 79 (1): 218–223. doi:10.1292/jvms.16-0111. .
- ↑ Taro Obata, Hisato Takeda, Takao Oishi (1994). Japanese native livestock breeds. Animal Genetic Resources Information. 13: 11–22. doi:10.1017/S1014233900000249. Also available here.
- ↑ T. Tozaki, N. Takezaki, T. Hasegawa, N. Ishida, M. Kurosawa, M. Tomita, N. Saitou, H. Mukoyama (2003). Microsatellite Variation in Japanese and Asian Horses and Their Phylogenetic Relationship Using a European Horse Outgroup. Journal of Heredity. 94 (5): 374–380. doi:10.1093/jhered/esg079. (subscription required).
- ↑ 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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