International Transaction Journal of Engineering,
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• ANALYSES OF TRAITS RELATED TO HIP AND ELBOW DYSPLASIA IN GERMAN SHEPHERD DOGS

  O.A. Timofeeva (Department of Animal Science, Smolensk State Agricultural Academy, Smolensk, RUSSIA),
  M. Yu. Gladkikh, O.V. Kuznetsova (Department of Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology of Animals, Russian Timiryazev State Agrarian University, Moscow, RUSSIA ).
  

  Disciplinary: Animal Science (Animal Breeding), Veterinary Science.

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  DOI: 10.14456/ITJEMAST.2020.202

  Keywords: Animal breeding; German Shepherd Selection; Canine hip; Hip dysplasia (HD); Elbow dysplasia (ED); Correlation of elbow and hip dysplasia; German shepherds characteristics.

  Abstract
  The group of German shepherd dogs which are representatives of populations from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia was analyzed. Traits of hip and elbow dysplasia were estimated at the veterinary center certified by SV (Verein fur Deutsche Schaferhunde (SV) e.V.). It is shown that the ratio of dogs with varying degrees of degenerative changes in the elbow and hip was changed from 2011 to 2018, taking into account the gender of the dogs, color, and type of coat and inbreeding coefficient. Significant correlations were found between the level of elbow and hip dysplasia in the parents and the appearance of pathological changes in the elbow and hip of their offspring. It was also discovered that increasing the average mean of the inbreeding coefficient for the whole breed or part of the breed can cause an increase in the proportion of dogs with signs of joint dysplasia. Significance of differences between intercluster averages for 12 main characteristics for two groups of German shepherds has been obtained: the first group consists of dogs from Russia, Latvia, and Belarus, and the second one is formed by dogs from Lithuania, Ukraine, and Estonia.
  
  

  Paper ID: 11A10S

  Cite this article:

  Timofeeva, O.A., Gladkikh, M. Yu., Kuznetsova, O.V. (2020). ANALYSES OF TRAITS RELATED TO HIP AND ELBOW DYSPLASIA IN GERMAN SHEPHERD DOGS. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11(10), 11A10S, 1-8.