Some morphological and genetic characteristics of Malakh Karab ash dogs

Atasoy F., ERDOĞAN M., Ozarslan B., YÜCEER ÖZKUL B., KOCAKAYA A., Akcapinar H.

ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.61, no.2, pp.125-132, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 61 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1501/vetfak_0000002616
  • Journal Name: ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.125-132
  • Keywords: Body measurements, dog, live weight, Malakli Karabash, microsatellite, POPULATION-STRUCTURE, F-STATISTICS, BODY-WEIGHT, VARIABILITY, KANGAL, BREEDS, MICROSATELLITES, POLYMORPHISM
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study was aimed at determining the morphological and genetic traits of Malakli Karabash dogs in Turkey. Body weight, head and body measurements were taken from eighteen months of age and older, of total 277 dogs (77 female and 200 male). The statistically values (X +/- S-E) on sex groups (female and male, respectively) for body weight (kg), and for head meaures enclosed head length, face length, ear length, ear width, ears interval, eyes interval, muzzle circumference measures (cm) were detected 53.20 +/- 1.01, 62.29 +/- 0.68; 30.92 +/- 0.24, 32.98 +/- 0.18; 11.80 +/- 0.15, 12.55 +/- 0.09; 16.73 +/- 0.26, 17.67 +/- 0.17; 13.96 +/- 0.26, 14.78 +/- 0.18; 17.95 +/- 0.35, 18.77 +/- 0.19; 5.63 +/- 0.12, 5.99 +/- 0.10; 29.67 +/- 0.28, 32.17 +/- 0.22 respectively. The statistic values (X +/- S-E) for Malakli female and male dogs for body measurements enclosed height at withers, rump height, body length, chest width, chest depth, heart girth, front and hind cannon bone circumference, tail length measures (cm) were found 72.98 +/- 0.49, 78.36 +/- 0.31; 72.87 +/- 0.53, 78.65 +/- 0.34; 79.02 +/- 0.62, 82.68 +/- 0.60; 24.76 +/- 0.35, 26.68 +/- 0.20; 30.86 +/- 0.26, 33.73 +/- 0.44; 84.47 +/- 0.71, 89.89 +/- 0.76; 14.71 +/- 0.12, 15.76 +/- 0.08; 13.90 +/- 0.16, 14.76 +/- 0.08; 51.36 +/- 0.83, 54.76 +/- 0.45, respectively. For genetic analysis a blood samples were taken from 212 non-relative dogs from a total 277 dogs used in this study. The results of the analysis for F-IS, F-IT F-ST values, heterozygosity (H-e) and Tajima Neutrality Test were found to be 0.0184, 0.0209, 0.0025; 0.797 and 1.808, respectively. A020 (18.9%) and B001 (35.2%) haplotypes in Malakli Karabash population were found to be the highest.