Volume 8
Issue 4/volume8
Veterinary Medicine
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume8/issue4/volume8/abs-71.html
LIFE-SPAN OF LONG AND ROUGH COATED DACHSHUNDS IN DEPENDENCE OF THEIR INBREED LEVEL AND SEX
Barbara Kosowska1, Tomasz Strzała2, Magdalena Moska2, Joanna Kujałowicz1, Ewa Oryszczak1, Justyna Piecyk1, Magdalena Sawczuk1, Justyna Ślusarczyk1, Katarzyna Wasilewska1
1 Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
2 Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
ABSTRACT
We report results presenting average life-span of two dog breeds: long coated dachshunds (average life-span 13.11 years) and rough coated dachshunds (average life-span 12.11 years). Also we describe relationship between life-span and inbreed level. Dogs were divided into two groups: experimental (inbreeded) and control. Long coated dachshunds from experimental group (with average inbreed level = 5.62%) were living on average 13.06 years. Rough coated dachshunds from experimental group (average inbreed level = 5.62%) were living on average 11.24 years. Average inbreed level within all long coated dachshund carried out 3.54 % while within rough coated 1.82%. Both differences between life-span among breeds and groups inside breeds were statistically significant. Furthermore interaction between sex and inbreeding level also had crucial influence on life span of both breeds.
Key words: life-span, long coated dachshunds, rough coated dachshunds, inbreeding, breed, sex.
Barbara Kosowska
Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
email: basia@gen.ar.wroc.pl
Tomasz Strzała
Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7
51-631 Wrocław
Poland
email: arrow00@poczta.fm
Magdalena Moska
Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7
51-631 Wrocław
Poland
Phone +48 71 320 5921
email: magdalena.moska@up.wroc.pl
Joanna Kujałowicz
Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
Ewa Oryszczak
Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7, 51-631 Wrocław,
Justyna Piecyk
Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
Magdalena Sawczuk
Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
Justyna Ślusarczyk
Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
Katarzyna Wasilewska
Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
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