Sentences with phrase «domestic dog population»

IVDD is one of the most common neurological disorders in companion animals and reportedly affects 2 % of the domestic dog population.

At this time there are a growing number of researchers that believe there may be a connection between the over-vaccination of the domestic dog population and the Epidemic of hot spot skin disorders.

The dogs are further threatened by rabies, parvo and canine distemper viruses, which frequently break out in domestic dog populations in rural areas and spread to wild dogs that encounter them.

Not exact matches

Here was an island population of dingoes which experts claimed were the least contaminated of their kind by cross-breeding with domestic dogs.

There are also some animal species — such as Tasmanian devils and domestic dogs — that are known to have transmissible cancer cells circulating within their populations.

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.

Their pioneering work revealed an origin of the domestic dog near Central Asia over 15,000 years ago and the history of dog populations around the globe.

Wild animals are the only remaining risks in the U.S. Rabies vaccination programs for domestic animals like cats, dogs, and livestock have become the norm around the nation, which eliminated the threat from their populations.

The population of heartworms not exposed to the drugs — heartworms living in wild canids such as wolves, foxes and coyotes, and in untreated domestic dogs — helps to dilute the heartworm gene pool, keeping the resistant genes from predominating.

Second, because questions that have evaded human genomicists for years have come relatively easy (or easier, anyway) to dog genomicists due to the incredible diversity and unique population structure of our domestic dog breeds.

The difference lies in the population structure of the domestic dog versus the human.

The current domestic cat population in the U.S. was 81.7 million at the end of 2006, almost 10 million more than dogs.

Purebred dogs are under assault from extreme animal rightists who would like to see all domestic animal populations managed to extinction.

The relationship between training methods and the occurrence of behavior problems, as reported by owners, in a population of domestic dogs

She has volunteered with numerous domestic and international cat and dog population control campaigns, and is deeply committed to advancing the application of nonsurgical sterilization methods in humane population control.

The domestic dog is frequently cited as being an exceptional model for human inherited disorders due to the number of diseases identified, similarity in disease presentation, and population structure in the dog [1].

Dogs with compulsive behaviours may provide an alternative approach for elucidating the genetic basis of OCD and related disorders, since the unique population structure of domestic dogs has been demonstrated to provide an ideal model for mapping behavioural and medical traits [66], [Dogs with compulsive behaviours may provide an alternative approach for elucidating the genetic basis of OCD and related disorders, since the unique population structure of domestic dogs has been demonstrated to provide an ideal model for mapping behavioural and medical traits [66], [dogs has been demonstrated to provide an ideal model for mapping behavioural and medical traits [66], [67].