Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of Istanbul Veterınary Scıences, cilt.2, sa.3, ss.86-91, 2018 (TRDizin)
This study was conducted to compare and evaluate some body measurements of Kangal
Dog and Aksaray Malakli Dog breeds. The study group consist of dogs with an age range
from 2 to 5 years. Samples for Kangal dogs were obtained from Sivas and for Aksaray
Malakli dogs from Aksaray province. Observations from ten dogs from both species (5
male and 5 female), in total 20 adult dogs were used for this study. Some of the
morphological characteristics as black mask around the head, cream fur colour and
holding spiral tail were found evident for Kangal dogs while in all Aksaray Malakli dogs
the head and body size, thimbleful black mask around the head, and 6th nail existence
were determined as descriptive differences between the genotypes. While the effect of
gender on muzzle length, body index and bone index was not found to be significant, it
was found significant for other body measurements. The rump lengths in male Aksaray
Malakli dogs were significantly larger than male Kangal dogs (P<0.001). However, this
trait was not significant for female dogs. This can be associated with the significant
interaction between breed and gender (P<0.01). Body index also showed the same
trend. Also, withers height and head circumference traits were found significant
(P<0.001) for male and female Aksaray Malakli dogs and for male and female Kangal
dogs (P<0.01). This can be a reason for the significant interaction between breed and
gender. As a conclusion, although there are some phenotypic similarities between
Kangal and Aksaray Malakli dogs, obtained body measurements showed significant
differences. Furthermore, Aksaray Malakli dogs tend to have bigger body structure than
Kangal dogs.