We will continue accurate phenotyping of aged dogs
of other pure breeds to be used as common controls for mapping studies of multiple disorders.
Burmese cats are overrepresented, and
many other pure breeds are underrepresented, compared to the incidence in domestic cats.
While in many shelters Pit Bulls are over represented in comparison to
other pure breeds this is not due to an over population issue but more due to bad internal adoption policies within many humane organizations and of a lack of understanding about the breed resulting in an unnatural deflatation in demand.
The schnauzer poodle is a hybrid, one of its parents being a pure bred poodle,
the other a pure bred schnauzer.
Any pit bull dog in a class of dogs that specifically includes the breeds of American pit bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Staffordshire bull terrier, American bulldog, and
any other pure bred or mixed that is a combination of these breeds.»
The average number of alleles per locus was similar to
other pure breeds that have been diversity tested.15 However, an examination of the average effective alleles per locus indicates that only one or two alleles are actually contributing to the overall genotype and phenotype diversity of the breed.
Now they cost about the same as
any other pure bred dog.