Sentences with phrase «dogs from the breeding population»

Removal of a significant number of dogs from the breeding population could be very bad for the Boxer dog breed.

It isn't necessary - or even desirable - to remove any dog from the breeding population.

It isn't necessary - or even desirable - to remove dogs from the breeding population.

More than a few people have questioned the wisdom of removing all HSF4 positive dogs from the breeding population, fearing that it could have a negative effect on the overall gene pool.

Not exact matches

A mixed - breed dog, also called a mutt (shortened from muttonhead), crossbreed, mongrel, tyke, cur, or random - bred dog, is a dog that is a mixture of two or more breeds, or a descendant of feral or pariah dog populations.

«They are very different from pure - bred dogs genetically because they are free - breeding, so in a genetic sense, they are a natural population.»

The diverse genetic origin of the domestic dog has likely involved multiple gray wolf populations from breed inception that were even at later times backcrossed with wolves throughout history.

The Basenji is an ancient breed which is distantly related to other dog breeds (most of which are European or Asian), and it has the earliest separation date from all other breed populations.

With so many dogs from so many places in one area, and the demand for pulling dogs high, (including from the mail service which was trying to support the population explosion), it is not surprising that this region became a melting pot of sled dog breeds.

They are instructions for permanently removing a recessive disease gene from any population of dogs without removing a single dog from a breeding program.

They don; t want pure bred animals available, Hey, not all of the population gets good warm fuzzy feelings from having a huge black, unruly adult dog that is impossible to handle or train?

A study by UC Davis showed that there was a prevalence of genetic disorders in both populations (rescue and bred): «Recently derived breeds or those from similar lineages appeared to be more susceptible to certain disorders that affect all closely related purebred dogs, whereas disorders with equal prevalence in the two populations suggested that those disorders represented more ancient mutations that are widely spread through the dog population.»

According to current research, the best way to prevent hip dysplasia is to screen dogs and remove them from the breeding population if they have radiographic evidence of dysplastic hips.

We'll never stop people from breeding dogs so continuing to educate the public about breeding practices is first and for most our goal in reducing the ever growing doggie population.

People who do not follow laws will not surrender their dogs, thereby removing the good examples of the breed from the population and leaving the worst behind to continue to create more.

Unfortunately, the continual removal of dogs from any breeding program results in a lack of unique genetic material, which makes any breed (or population of any species) much poorer as a whole.

Footnote: «All related dogs (for several generations) were removed from the breeding population and the disease has not been seen for years.

In 1978 the Chinese Shar Pei was one of the rarest dog breeds in the world, and this means that every Shar Pei alive today comes from a small number of breeding individuals, so inbreeding had to take place in order to increase their population.

The impetus for this primarily has been population control and a desire to reduce rates of euthanasia for unwanted dogs and cats resulting from unintended breeding.

This is why puppies and dogs that are adopted from MOSA come with a spay neuter contract to better ensure both that we or our dogs are not responsible for adding to the unplanned population of animals that end up euthanized and to help better protect the health of each and every one of our babies in the future and that of the breed to try and minimize mis - breeding.

OK, many years ago we had a huge problem here in America with unwanted pets and irresponsible breeding of dogs... This led to over populations in our shelters and massive loss of life from having to put...

Exceptions might include a very high - frequency disease (CEA in Collies), a breed with a very low population or extremely tight gene pool, or a dog from very rare bloodlines.

They zealously screened their dogs, eliminating not only affected animals but the healthy carriers from the breeding population.

«Playgroups give this large - breed dog population the opportunity to do what they were made to do — run around, socialize, learn from each other, and show their personalities,» said Aimee Sadler, founder of Dogs Playing For Life.

The loss of genetic diversity in purebred dogs can be attributed to two major population bottleneck events: the first occurring during domestication; and the second arising from breed formation where the repeated use of popular sires, line breeding, breeding for specific phenotypic traits, and promotion of the breed barrier rule, contributed to overall loss in genetic variation [15 - 19].

The adjusted IR value (IR - village dog or IRVD) for the population gave a more accurate measure of just how inbred the parents of modern English bulldogs were compared to village - or landrace - type dogs from which the breed evolved.

In reality the cohort for this group's genetic studies is sourced from a global population of dogs undergoing imaging for diagnostic and screening prior to breeding purposes.

This study suggests that subpopulations of the purebred dog population are more likely to exhibit certain inherited conditions while other subpopulations do not differ statistically from mixed - breed dogs in terms of how common these diseases are.

Towards these aims, we have developed detailed behavioural questionnaires for dog owners and collected data from a population sample of 368 dogs from four different breeds, including Bull Terriers (Standard BT and Miniature MBT), Staffordshire Bull Terriers (SBT) and German Shepherds (GS).

Fortunately, population genetics theory suggests that breed - characteristic behaviours should not be «lost» from lines of dogs selected for other traits (such as conformation), unless there is active natural selection against them or unfavourable correlated genetic response from selection on other phenotypes.

We performed a questionnaire survey to investigate the characteristics of compulsive (TC) and its possible associations with environmental correlates and personality in a pet population of 368 dogs from four dog breeds.

For aortic stenosis, GDV, early onset cataracts, dilated cardiomyopathy, elbow dysplasia, epilepsy, and portosystemic shunt, most purebred groups were not statistically distinct from the mixed - breed population with higher prevalence in purebreds restricted to distinct subsets of purebred dogs.