Sentences with phrase «breed labeling in»

Also, keep in mind that visual breed labeling in animal shelters and DNA testing show great disparities.

Not exact matches

For example: «Please place dog hair in a zip - locked plastic bag... Label each plastic bag of hair with the breed... Do not remove dog hair from the vacuum cleaner.

For example, the bill states that in order to require a label, foods must «contain genetic material that has been modified through in vitro recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) techniques» and «could not otherwise be obtained through conventional breeding or found in nature.»

The reason can be seen in the image to the right labeled «breeding ratio».

From the time of British - bred sensation Coldplay's first major - label release in the summer of 2000, music journalists have written that the band doesn't Coldplay's Chris Martin invited personal trainer Rob, 29, onto the stage at Croke Park, Dublin, to perform after he made it to the front in style - held

I question I have, is will this spawn a new breed of editors that will help self - published authors get rid of the warning label and then assist said author in any future books that come out?

I actually have the praziquantel injectable label here with me and it reads «Praziquantel injection has been tested in breeding and pregnant dogs and cats.

6 dogs (5 Hungarian Vizslas and one mixed breed; labelled V1 to V5 and M, respectively) and their owner took part in the experiments.

One in five dogs genetically identified with pit bull breeds were missed, and one in three dogs lacking DNA for pit bull breeds were labeled pit bulls by at least one staff member.

Visual breed identification in dogs is subjective and frequently inaccurate and the consequences associated with using particular labels can be significant.

In fact, there are no breeds at all; SVASC has dropped using breed titles and started labeling each dog as an all American shelter dog.

I agree with not labeling breeds in shelters unless they know one hundred percent what breed it is.

A session at Michigan Pet Fund Alliance's «Getting to the Goal» Conference in Flint, Mich., on Sept. 15 - 16, 2016 will focus on breed labels presented by Tawny Hammond, Director of Animal Services for the City of Austin, TX.

Breed Labels and Language — The dog comes in the door, has a kind of a square head, not real muscular but... we think it is a pit bull.

A German Shepherd dog and a Greyhound mix may be labeled the same, particularly if the dog is a «brindle», a color associated with «pitbulls» but is not uncommon in other breeds.

I am very excited by the innovation in the field and the movement to remove breed labels for adopters in their initial view of a pet.

It's kind of ironic and sad that the breed is banned or labeled as dangerous in some municipalities / countries.

Of the 75 breeds of dog identified in the 435 bite reports, 73 % (289) were labeled as mixed.

The problem with labeling multiple breeds «pit bull» and further not having a set criteria for what breeds can be labeled this way is in the numbers.

With the big role that physical appearance plays in dog selection, our lab was interested in understanding how breed labels could influence how attractive a dog seemed to be.

In fact, it is the Tibetans close resemblance to Terrier breeds that warranted its name, as it was labeled as such by early European travelers.

Yet, researchers from Western University of Health Sciences [20 - 21] have found discrepancies between breed identification and the results of DNA analysis, and researchers in Florida found at one shelter that 50 % of dogs that were labeled as belonging to a pit - bull - type breed lacked the DNA breed signature [22].

Effect of Breed Perceptions & Labeling on Attractiveness, Adoptions & Length of Stay for Pit - Bull - Type Dogs A comparison of visual and dna identification of breeds of dogs Comparison of Visual and DNA Breed Identification of Dogs and Inter-Observer Reliability Pit Bull Identification in Animal Shelters

In the recent cycle, the most likely outcome for adult dogs and puppies with the top breed labels was adoption, except for adult dogs labeled «Pit Bull,» which were slightly more likely to be redeemed by their owners than to be adopted.

The 65 dogs killed for behavior in the recent cycle were all adults and had eighteen breed labels.

Across the top dog breed labels, the recent cycle saw killing for medical reasons reduced to nearly one third of what it was in the prior cycle.

The other half comprised a long tail of many breed labels, over 300 in all.

Dogs labeled «Pit Bull» constituted 15 % of all adopted dogs, yet made up one third of the dogs that took one month or longer to reach adoption, a characteristic that can be seen in the following plot for the top three breed labels:

Consequently, many modern shelters are dropping breed labels, since the assigned labels can unnecessarily prolong a dog's stay in the shelter.

In the recent cycle, the top four breed labels accounted for nearly half of the dogs in the shelteIn the recent cycle, the top four breed labels accounted for nearly half of the dogs in the sheltein the shelter.

Educate them if they're new, actually ask them what their practices are (I find a lot of people automatically label people as a BYB just for having the gall to breed any dog at all, it doesn't matter what the persons standards were — BYB is just a negative slang term intended to attack / offend any given breeder — it actually doesn't mean anything in a legal sense, there is no legal definition of it because there is no way of defining it in a legal manner without also applying it to all breeders).

Her experience, Barnett says, underscores the illogic behind a patchwork of local breed bans: «I can live in one city and by simply crossing the street into another, all of the sudden my dog is labeled dangerous.»

In addition, you regularly see labels such as natural, holistic, organic, grain - free, weight - control, puppy, senior, breed - specific...

In the study, when breed labels were not placed on the dogs, potential adopters ranked pit bulls and non-pit-bulls as «equally attractive.»

Loosely defined the breed labeled as «Pit Bull» was in 5th place, surpassed by the cat, German Shepherd, Chow, and Lab.

That's why in 2015 PAS decided to stop breed labeling the dogs and cats that come to the shelter.

54 adult breeding dogs with a history of violations including: dogs living in metal boxes with no insulation, weeds, dogs with eye conditions, and medications without labels for use on dogs.

Don't let a designer label or popular puppy fads get in the way of choosing a healthy companion — whether pedigree, mutt or designer breed, listen to your head as well as your heart.

Symptoms of disease include vomiting, lethargy and anorexia, and based on preliminary data, the problem appears more likely to occur in small - breed dogs that are fed the treats regularly or in amounts exceeding the labeled feeding recommendations.

A majority of World Wide Bullmastiff owners and breeders are up in arms as to how the media can insultingly label so many purebred dogs incorrectly and namely our breed the Bullmastiff.

When Bolsheviks came to power in 1917 this breed as well as Borzoi was labeled «bourgeois», and the number of these dogs decreased critically.

Will label pit bulls and pit bull mixes (see Item 2) as accurately as is possible and will not misrepresent a dog's breed / mix in order to boost adoption interest.

An open - intake animal shelter in Williamson County, Texas, has eliminated breed labels for the homeless dogs who are in their care.

The 1963 breed standard even labeled the Aidi as the Atlas Sheepdog, a mistake that was later revised and corrected in 1969.

I certainly don't mean any offense, I just think that the fact almost any mixed breed dog can be labeled «pit bull» &, in attack scenarios, this leads to the further prejudices against the breed (or breeds) that the term typically encompasses.

Some will want to apply the label to many breeds in the Molosser breed group, such as bull mastiffs and boxers, but Great Danes also fall under the Molosser category.

According to numerous studies, including one in The Veterinary Journal, breed labels are frequently inaccurate and have negative impacts such as breed discrimination and a higher rate of dogs being returned to shelters.

Diggy, an American Bulldog, was mistakenly labeled as a Pit Bull, a breed that was banned by Watertown Township in Michigan.

Once a breed is labeled as inherently dangerous and needing certain provisions in order to be kept, it is just a short step to a total ban.

Another study, featured in an e-book published by Animal Farm Foundation, found that shelter workers were incorrect nearly 75 percent of the time when labeling mixed - breed dogs.