Sentences with phrase «of adoption agency breed»
Voith, V, Ingram, E, Mitsouras, K, Irizarry, K. Comparison of adoption agency breed identification and DNA breed identification of dogs.
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In the study cited above showing that adoption agencies frequently misidentify canine breeds, the authors conclude, «The discrepancies between opinions of adoption agencies and identification by DNA analysis suggest that it would be worthwhile to reevaluate the reliability of breed identification as well as the justification of current public and private policies pertaining to specific dog breeds.»
Another peer - reviewed study, published by Victoria L. Voith, PhD, DVM, DACVB, and colleagues from the Western University of Health Sciences, originally compared the breed identifications assigned by adoption agencies (shelters and rescue groups) to dogs of unknown parentage with DNA breed analysis of the same dogs.
In 87.5 % of the adopted dogs in Dr. Voith's study, breeds were identified by DNA analyses that were not proposed by the adoption agencies, and in only a quarter of these dogs was at least one of the breeds proposed by the adoption agencies also detected as a predominant breed by DNA analysis.
V. Voith, E. Ingram, K Mitsouras, et al, «Comparison of Adoption Agency Identification and DNA Breed Identification of Dogs, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, July 2009.
In one study, Dr. Voith found that, in 87.5 percent of adopted dogs, breeds identified by DNA analyses were not the breeds stated by the adoption agencies.
In only a quarter of these dogs was at least one of the breeds proposed by the adoption agencies also detected as a predominant breed by DNA analysis.
And after failed attempts to close down «puppy mills» through other legislation, they see this as another opportunity close off the supply of commercially bred dogs and send more people to adoption agencies.
From its inception in 1993, NAIA has championed the rescue of purebred and mixed breed dogs and has worked with shelters and animal control agencies to improve the relationship between rescue groups and these animal welfare organizations and help with fundraising and pet adoptions.
Creating designer breeds or low quality purebreds is pretty easy money when you think about the fact that there is very little expense involved since you do not have to pay big bucks or sign an extensive agreement (that of good breeders would rival any adoption agency) and there's no money invested in health testing, adhering to a code of ethics, no breed club or peers to answer to for any sort of breeding malpractices and absolutely no consequences for their actions.
Comparison of adoption agency identification and DNA breed identification of dogs, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 12, 253 - 262.
Local and breed - specific adoption agencies, shelters, and rescue groups have thousands of good dogs of every breed, size, age, and description who are looking for forever homes.
One study, in particular, found that over 90 % of dogs identified by an adoption agency did not have the visually identified breeds as the predominant breed in their DNA analysis.
In all only 31 % of the dogs showed any DNA evidence of the adoption agencies» named breeds somewhere in the dogs» ancestry.
A study to be published in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science points to a substantial discrepancy between visual identifications of dogs by adoption agency personnel and the breeds identified in the same dogs through DNA analysis.