Analyses were conducted on 20 adult females of the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides). The measurements allowed to calculate the mean length of the raccoon dog, amounting to 247.09 cm, and the mean total length of intestines, amounting to 207.83 cm. Mean values of individual intestinal fragments, i.e. duodenum, jejunum, ileum, caecum and colon with rectum amounted to 31.17, 170.00, 6.65, 8.04 and 31.22 cm, respectively. Jejunum had the highest (68.80%) and ileum the lowest (2.70%) share in the total length of intestines. The highest correlation coefficient characterized the relationship between total length of intestines and total length of small intestine.

The aim of this study was to evaluate sexual dimorphism of the selected morphometric traits in Hucul horses. Examinations have comprised 276 horses (96 stallions, 140 mares, 40 geldings) of both sexes aged between 6 days and 28 years. Each of them has been subjected to 37 body measurements. The acquired values have been put to statistical analysis. Sexual dimorphism of the examined individuals is barely noticeable. However, it is detectable at the age of 1 year and it occurs with various intensity for respective metric traits. Highly considerable differentiation has been observed in the body build between adult males and females of the examined horse breed. This variation concerns the height at withers, the height at the sacrum, the length of the arm, the length of the forearm and the metacarpus’s circumference.

The aim of the study was to evaluate chosen Hucul horses’ morphometric traits with the use of point method exemplified by chosen Hucul horses’ morphometric traits. The study has been conducted in 561 Hucul horses of both sexes, which were divided into 6 age groups. Each specimen underwent the measurement of the height at withers, the thorax’s circumference, the metacarpus’s circumference, the head’s length, the neck’s lateral length, the height at the sacrum, the trunk’s oblique length (greater) and the pelvis’s width. The obtained results were applied to statistical analysis, including the calculation of a mean arithmetic value, a minimal value, a maximal value and standard deviation, which served for the construction of an appropriate point scale. At the following stage they enabled us to perform the analysis with the use of non-nominal data represented in points. Within the parameters considered, the homogeneity of investigated material was found, which could indicate stable growth of morphometric traits. However, the tendency of metric traits for homogenous but unstable growth was also observed. Moreover, we have found that point values obtained for three-year-old horses, and to a lesser extent the ones obtained for two-year-old horses, were higher than the values calculated for the individuals qualified for the group of adult horses.