Bosnian broken-haired hound called Barak is the only broken-haired breed
from the Balkans recognized by FCI, standard Nº155 from 1973. The standard
describes the hair of the Barak as long, hard, shaggy, tousled, with a dense
undercoat. The basic colours of the hair is wheaten yellow, reddish yellow, earthy
gray and dark gray. The colour can be combined in bicolour and tricolour. The
standard does not define the length of the hair.
The Austrian Frank B. Laska (1905) conducted the first zootechnical
examination on hounds from the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina and
classified them by the type of hair. Since 1905, the population of this breed in
Bosnia and Herzegovina has not been the subject of research, its hair accordingly.
The aim of this paper was to collect samples and analize the texture and
quality of hair cover of Bosnian broken-haired hound – Barak The study involved
30 dogs, including 22 males and 8 females, from the territory of Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
The average length of hair was 7.03 cm for males and 6.67 cm for females,
with large variation interval. Based on the results of covercoat hair, it can be
concluded that this dog has coarse and hard hair, which completely justifies the
very name of this breed (broken-haired). The results from this research can be
used for further detailed description of this breed.
Keywords: Barak, hair texture, hound
