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The shepherd dog breeds in turkey: a survey
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Orhan
Yilmaz1*,
Halit Deniz
Sireli2
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Mehmet
Ertugrul3 |
1Ardahan University, Vocational High School of
Technical Sciences, 75000, Ardahan, Turkey; 2Dicle University,
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, 21280, Diyarbakir, Turkey; 3Ankara
University,
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, 06106, Ankara, Turkey
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Abstract |
Shepherd dogs are bred to
protect the intruders and predators away from livestock. Traditional
breeding of this breeds have been shaped in the historical process in
Europe with Asian countries and Turkey. In Turkey, there are five
shepherd dog breeds including Kangal (Karabash), Akbash, Kars
(Caucasian), Sheep and Karaman shepherd Dogs. Although the first three
breeds have been registered, Sheep and Karaman shepherd dog have not
been registered yet. This review provides the fundamental features of
these important dog breeds.
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Keywords:
Canis familiaris; protection dog; farm animal; genetic resource |
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To cite this article:
Yilmaz O,
HD
Sireli
and
M
Ertugrul,
2015.
The
shepherd dog breeds in turkey: a survey.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 5(4): 172-177. |
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