Poney du Logone
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The Poney du Logone is a breed of small horse or pony from the area of the Logone River in Chad and Cameroon, in west central Africa.[2] It is particularly associated with the Musey or Moussey people of that region, and may also be known as the Poney Musey or Poney Mousseye.[5]: 442 [4]
History
[edit]There are many descriptions of the small horses of the Marba-Musey people of the flood-plain of the middle reaches of the Logone River in south-western Chad and northern Cameroon; among them are those of Dixon Denham in 1826 and Gustav Nachtigal in 1880.[4]: 233 Horse-breeding in the area remained relatively unchanged until the 1980s; in 1985 the horse population there was estimated at 6000–6500 head.[4]: 233
In 2007 the Poney du Logone population in Chad was listed as "not at risk" by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;[1]: 17 No population data has been reported to DAD-IS since 2006, when a total of 7500 head was reported for the year 1987; in 2025 the conservation status of the breed in Chad was unknown.[2] In Cameroon the breed is considered a relic of the past, and to be at risk of extinction.[6]: 49
Characteristics
[edit]The head of the Poney du Logone is not heavy, as is sometimes reported, but is well proportioned, with a slightly convex profile and wide nostrils. The principal coat colour is bay, followed by bay roan, chestnut and chestnut roan.[4]: 234 The average height at the withers is 124 cm for mares and 126 cm for stallions and geldings; average body weight is of the order of 175 kg.[2]
The Poney du Logone is one of two horse breeds reported to show tolerance of – or resistance to – tsetse-borne trypanosomosis, or "sleeping sickness". The other horse breed reported to be tolerant or resistant is the Bandiagara of Mali and Niger.[7]: 93
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Breed data sheet: Poney du Logone / Chad (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g [Laboratoire de Recherches Vétérinaires et Zootechniques de Farcha, Ministère de l'Elevage] (2003). Rapport National sur les Ressources Zoogénétiques du Tchad (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. Archived 17 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Christian Seignobos (1995). Les poneys du Logone à l'Adamawa, du XVIIème siècle à nos jours (in French); in: Gigi Pezzoli (editor) (1995). Cavalieri dell'Africa: storia, iconografia, simbolismo = Cavaliers d'Afrique: histoire, iconographie, symbolisme = Horsemen of Africa: history, iconography, symbolism: atti del Ciclo di incontri organizzato dal Centro studi archeologia africana di Milano, febbraio-giugno 1994. Milano: Centro Studi Archeologia Africana, pages 233-253.
- ^ 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.
- ^ [Comite Consultatif National Du Cameroun] (2003). Rapport national sur les ressources zoo génétiques des animaux d'élevage du Cameroun (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. Archived 19 September 2020.
- ^ Beate Scherf, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2015). The Second Report on 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 9789251088203. Archived 24 March 2016.
Further reading
[edit]- Igor de Garine (1975). Contribution à l'ethnozoologie du cheval chez les Moussey (Tchad et Cameroun); in: Raymond Pujol (editor) (1975). L'Homme et l'animal: [actes du] premier colloque d'ethnozoologie [Paris, 28-30 Novembre 1973] (in French). Paris: Institut international d'ethnosciences. ISBN 9782857620006, pages 505–520.
- Christian Seignobos (1987). Le poney du Logone et les derniers peuples cavaliers: essai d'approche historique (in French). Maisons-Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux, Dép. du Centre de coopération internationale et recherche agronomique pour le développement. ISBN 9782859851422.
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