CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review devoted to breed responsible for severe dog bites in the peer-reviewed literature, as well as the first report evaluating breed specific legislation in the United States. Our data suggest that breed specific legislation may be effective in reducing the incidence of dog bites attributed to breeds that are regulated. Significant ef...

Breed diversity is a valuable resource of the sheep industry. Crossbreeding systems use breed diversity to increase productivity relative to purebred flocks. Crossbreeding systems vary in managerial complexity and in use of beneficial effects due to crossbred ewes and lambs. Efficiency of meat production is maximized in terminal crossbreeding systems by use of specialized sire breeds to complem...

There is an increasing significance for the breed, age, and sex-related variations in hematological biochemical parameters veterinary medicine. The primary objective of this study was to identify possible breed-related differences determine effect age sex on hematologic serum Bosnian Herzegovinian - Croatian Shepherd dog Tornjak raised Bosnia Herzegovina (B&H). Data from 19 17 were analyzed gro...

Case Description- A 3-month-old, female mixed breed dog was presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Ferdowsi University with an obvious deformity in its right forelimb. Clinical Findings- - In clinical examination, there was a separation from elbow joint to the end of digits and a long skin cleft between these separated regions was seen. Radiographic examination revealed a wide space b...

the melanocortin-1 receptor mc1r is encoded by the extension locus, playing a fundamental role in the determination of coat color in a number of mammalian species. however, so far there has been no report regarding the single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) of the mc1r promoter region and the potential association of its snps with coat color in sheep (ovis aries). throughout the present study, ...

BREED specifications for pure-bred/pedigree dogs are laid down by the organisations that register and judge dogs, such as the Kennel Club of the UK (KCUK) and the Kennel Union of South Africa (KUSA), as well as the umbrella body the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI). Reproductive isolation between breeds results because animals can only be registered as a specific breed if they have f...

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the variation gross composition, somatic cell count, urea content, and fatty acids (FA) composition bulk milk from single-breed multi-breed farms in alpine area, keeping either Brown Swiss (BS), Holstein Friesian (HF), Simmental (SI), or their combinations. Gross FA were predicted using mid-infrared spectroscopy. Observations grouped 7 combinati...

Finnish Hound is the most popular dog breed in Finland, with 2 000 – 3 000 pups registered annually in the last years. The great majority of the Finnish Hounds are still used actively as working dogs, so the main breeding goal of the breed is to improve its behavioural abilities with respect to hunting traits. Hunting ability of individual dogs is judged in field trials, and selection of breedi...

Distinctive risk factors for disease are identifiable throughout life stages of large- and giant-breed dogs. From weaning to maturity, improper nutrition is linked to developmental skeletal diseases. As large dogs mature, skeletal diseases and obesity can lead to osteoarthritis. These dogs are difficult to manage when orthopedic or osteoarthritic disease affects mobility and quality of life, th...