Purebred dogs are just as healthy as mixed 産む／飼育するs! Scientists debunk long-standing myth that inbreeding 損害賠償金 pooches' health

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From friendly Labradors to fluffy Poodles, many of the most popular dogs around the world are purebreeds.?

Until now, it's been 広範囲にわたって believed that purebreeds are more 傾向がある to health 条件s than mixed 産む／飼育するs.?

However, in a new 熟考する／考慮する, 研究員s from Texas A&M University have finally debunked this long-standing myth.

'There are several 井戸／弁護士席-known 病気s that frequently occur in 明確な／細部 dog 産む／飼育するs,' said Dr Kate Creevy, 長，指導者 veterinary officer of the Dog 高齢化 事業／計画（する） and a professor in the VMBS Department of Small Animal 臨床の Sciences.?

'This has helped perpetuate the misconception that all purebred dogs are more 傾向がある to 病気, but that is not the 事例／患者.'

From friendly Labradors to fluffy Poodles, many of the most popular dogs around the world are purebreeds. Until now, it's been 広範囲にわたって believed that purebreeds are more 傾向がある to health 条件s than mixed 産む／飼育するs. However, in a new 熟考する／考慮する, 研究員s from Texas A&M University have finally debunked this long-standing myth

In their 熟考する／考慮する, the 研究員s 始める，決める out to understand whether or not purebreds like Labradors (在庫／株 image) are any more or いっそう少なく likely to を煩う health 条件s than mixed 産む／飼育するs

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As the 肩書を与える 示唆するs, purebred dogs come from a 選び出す／独身 産む／飼育する, while mixed 産む／飼育する dogs are dogs whose genetics are a combination of more than a 選び出す／独身 産む／飼育する.

In their 熟考する／考慮する, the 研究員s 始める，決める out to understand whether or not purebreds are any more or いっそう少なく likely to を煩う health 条件s than mixed 産む／飼育するs.?

The team 調査するd the owners of more than 27,000 dogs about any 診断するs.?

The results 明らかにする／漏らすd that, within the 25 most ありふれた purebreeds, a total of 53 医療の 条件s were 報告（する）／憶測d.?

'The 医療の 条件s 報告（する）／憶測d by owners of purebred dogs 変化させるd かなり,' Dr Creevy said.?

'However, some 条件s appeared frequently in the 最高の，を越す 10 報告（する）／憶測d health 条件s by 産む／飼育する.'

Across these 25 産む／飼育するs, the 10 most ありふれた 条件s were dental calculus (常習的な plaque), dog bites, 抽出するd teeth, giardia (a parasite), osteoarthritis, seasonal アレルギーs, ear 感染, heart murmur, fractured teeth and cataracts.?

一方／合間, in mixed-産む／飼育する dogs, the most ありふれた 報告（する）／憶測d 条件s were very 類似の, with cataracts and heart murmur 取って代わるd by broken toenail and chocolate 有毒性.?

Some 条件s - like dental calculus and osteoarthritis - appeared with 概略で the same frequency in both purebred and mixed-産む／飼育する dogs.?

条件s like 抽出するd teeth and dog bites were more ありふれた in purebreds. However, other 問題／発行するs, such as ear 感染s, were more ありふれた in mixed-産む／飼育するs (在庫／株 image)

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条件s like 抽出するd teeth and dog bites were more ありふれた in purebreds.?

However, other 問題／発行するs, such as ear 感染s, were more ありふれた in mixed-産む／飼育するs.?

'Out of the 53 医療の 条件s that owners 報告（する）／憶測d, 26 did not 異なる 意味ありげに between mixed-産む／飼育する and purebred dogs,' Dr Creevy said.?

Aside from the debunking the long-standing myth, the 研究員s hope the findings will 証明する useful for anyone considering getting a dog.?

'People should consider many factors when choosing a dog, 含むing 環境, lifestyle, social interactions and physical activity that will be 利用できる to the dog,' Dr Creevy said.?

'Planning for both 予防の veterinary care and 医療の care as the dog ages is also 慎重な.?

'Dog owners should also talk with their 最初の／主要な care veterinarians about the 肉親，親類d of 医療の problems to which their new dog might be 特に 傾向がある based on 産む／飼育する, size, sex, etc.'?