{"id":763,"date":"2013-09-09T08:37:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T08:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/towardsdolly.wordpress.com\/?p=763"},"modified":"2013-09-23T10:18:37","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T10:18:37","slug":"mans-best-friend-a-study-on-dogs-breeding-and-disease-from-1852","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/towardsdolly\/2013\/09\/09\/mans-best-friend-a-study-on-dogs-breeding-and-disease-from-1852\/","title":{"rendered":"Man\u2019s Best Friend – a Study on Dogs, Breeding and Disease from 1852"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Roslin_S_13\"<\/a>This week from the Roslin rare book collection I\u2019ll be featuring William Youatt\u2019s The Dog<\/i> from 1852. An early study of the various dog breeds, diseases, welfare and even some poetry by Henry Hallam on Walter Scott and his dogs!<\/p>\n

\"Roslin_S_13_7\"<\/a>The evolution of the genetics of dogs is fascinating and one of the interesting features of this book are the illustrations of the various breeds of dogs as they looked in the mid-19th<\/sup> century. Comparing these early illustrations to present day photographs of similar breeds shows how they\u2019ve developed over time and what\u2019s changed and what has stayed the same.<\/p>\n

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Youatt also, discusses the characteristics of the dog breeds, diseases found in canines, social, cultural and animal welfare issues such as domestication, dog fighting pits and trafficking.<\/p>\n

This text is discusses breeding and characteristics in a more general way rather than in purely scientific terminology and analysis of the genetics of the canine. However, many articles have been written over the years on the development and changes in the dog and a couple of recent articles are: \u00a0The canine genome <\/i>by Elaine A Ostrander and Robert K Wayne in Genome Research<\/i>. 2005. 15: 1706-1716 http:\/\/genome.cshlp.org\/content\/15\/12\/1706.full<\/a> and from the Roslin Institute in April 2013: Population structure and genetic heterogeneity in popular dog breeds in the UK<\/i> by Richard J Mellanby<\/a>, Rob Ogden, Dylan N Clements<\/a>, Anne T French, Adam G Gow, Roger Powell, Brendan Corcoran<\/a>, Johan P Schoeman, Kim M Summers<\/a> in\u00a0 Veterinary Journal<\/i> Vol: 196<\/em> Pages: 92-97 <\/em>http:\/\/www.roslin.ed.ac.uk\/kim-summers\/recent-publications\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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