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- 2016
Trends in popularity of some morphological traits of purebred dogs in AustraliaDOI: 10.1186/s40575-016-0032-2 Keywords: Purebred dogs, Dog popularity, Dog height, Dog size, Cephalic index, Brachycephalic, Disease predisposition, Australia Abstract: The morphology of dogs can provide information about their predisposition to some disorders. For example, larger breeds are predisposed to hip dysplasia and many neoplastic diseases. Therefore, longitudinal trends in popularity of dog morphology can reveal potential disease pervasiveness in the future. There have been reports on the popularity of particular breeds and behavioural traits but trends in the morphological traits of preferred breeds have not been studied
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