Jeffrey Bragg
Purebred Dog Breeds into the Twenty-First Century: Achieving Genetic Health for Our Dogs Part 2
The difference between the fittest genotype of a population and the average fitness of that population is known as genetic load. [Muller, 1950] It is, of course, caused by the presence of lethal, sublethal and subvital alleles.
Purebred Dog Breeds into the Twenty-First Century: Achieving Genetic Health for Our Dogs
A correct and full understanding of these simple truisms is vital to the proper functioning of the entire canine fancy and to the health and well being of the animals which are the object of that fancy.
The Genetic Tide Continues to Swell:
The tide of concern about genetic health continues to swell within the purebred dog fancy, driven on by scrutiny from without. The threat of punitive legislation, already a reality in Europe, is widespread in the USA and the contagion seems certain to reach Canada as well.
Purebred Dog Breeds into the Twenty-First Century: Achieving Genetic Health for Our Dogs Part 3
The foregoing prescriptions may sound like a canine revolution. If so, the revolution would consist mainly of integrating many facets of the fancy which now exist in ghetto isolation, or of importing good ideas from other parts of the cynological world.