Kangal ırkı köpeklerde döl verimi, yaşama gücü, büyüme ve beden ölçülerine ait özelliklerinin araştırılması
Özet
A Study on the Characteristics of the Fertility, Viability, Growth and Body Measurements of the Kangal Dogs This study was carried out for the purposes to identify the characteristics of fertility, viability, growth and some body sizes of the Kangal Dogs raised in the Ulaş Agricultural Enterprise. The data obtained from 29 female dogs were used to identify the characteristics of fertility. Three body measurements (height at withers, body length, croup length) were taken from 4 male and 7 female dogs. In the study, it was found that the sexual cycle is 234,42 days during periods of pregnancy, and 182,75 days during periods of non-pregnancy. The length of pregnancy was found as 60,9 ± 0.42 days in 21 each Kangal Dogs lashed out. From 167 baby dogs, 5 (2,99 %) were born dead. Survival rates of baby dogs were found as 86,42 % in 30th days, 76,54 % in 60th days and 74,69 % in 90th days. The effects of birth season, sex, dam age and number of baby dogs per birth on the growth from the birth to the end of suckling (end of 3rd month) were examined.54 The effect of birth season on birth, 1st, 2nd and 3 rd mounths of live weight was statistically significant (P < 0,05, P < 0,001). The effect of age of dam on 1st, 2nd and 3rd mounths of live weight was statisticaly significant. (P < 0,001, P < 0,05). The effect of number of baby dogs on birth, 1st, 2nd and 3rd mounths of live weight was statistically significant (P < 0,001, P < 0,01). The average birth weight of baby dogs was determined as 554,51 g in male, and 532,37 g in female, and 543,59 in general. In the first, second and third months the average live weight of baby dogs were found 2283, 94? 4431,20 and 7593,21 g for those born in the spring - summer, and 2066,52: 3935,85 and 6684,25 g for those born in the fall - winter, respectively. As of one - year old, in male and female dogs the height at withers were identified 70,25 and 57,86 cm; the body length 73,25 and 63,00 cm; and the croup length 26,25 and 21,57 cm, respectively. Keyd Word : Body Measurements, Fertility, Growth, Kangal Dog: Viability.