Longevity of Cane Corso Italiano dog breed and its relationship with hair colour
| Autor: | Jana Korcová, Ondřej Chalupa, Matyáš Hančl, Marie Bydžovská, Evžen Korec |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Veterinary medicine Short Communication media_common.quotation_subject Cane Corso Italiano Dog Breed Kennel Life Prolongation Lifespan Cane Corso Italiano 03 medical and health sciences Interquartile range Life Prolongation Independent samples Medicine Statistical analysis Cane media_common General Veterinary biology Lifespan business.industry Age at death Longevity biology.organism_classification Breed Dog Breed 030104 developmental biology QL1-991 business Zoology Demography Kennel |
| Zdroj: | Open Veterinary Journal, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 170-173 (2017) Open Veterinary Journal Open Veterinary Journal; Vol 7, No 2 (2017); 170-173 |
| ISSN: | 2218-6050 2226-4485 |
| Popis: | The Cane Corso Italiano belongs among the new dog breeds that were fully recognised by Federation Cynologique Internationale (FCI) in 2007. For the first time, this study describes a median lifespan using the data of 232 dogs of the Cane Corso Italiano breed collected from kennels and individual owners from 25 countries. The median lifespan of the whole examined group is 9.29 years (IQR 6.98-11.12, IQR = Interquartile Range). This paper is the first to describe the possible relationship between median lifespan and hair colour within one breed. The longest living group is formed by black brindle coloured dogs, with a median of 10.30 years (IQR 8.33-13.00), and brindle coloured dogs, with a median of 10.13 years (IQR 7.12-11.25). The median lifespan of black brindle dogs exceeded the overall median lifespan of all dogs by 1.01 year and the median lifespan of other colour dogs by 2.21 years. Our results suggest a possible way for a prolongation of age at death of the Cane Corso Italiano breed using appropriate breeding. The median lifespan of male Cane Corso Italiano dogs is 9.25 years (IQR 6.97-11.00) and female Cane Corso Italiano dogs 9.33 years (IQR 7.00-11.31). The statistical analysis using the Independent Samples Student’s t test confirmed that the lifespan of female dogs did not exceed the median lifespan of male dogs ( P >0.01). Keywords: Cane Corso Italiano, Dog Breed, Kennel, Life Prolongation, Lifespan |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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