dewlap
In some mammals and birds, the dewlap is a skin fold with abundant fatty tissue that hangs down from the throat to the chest or stomach . Depending on the species, different manifestations are called dewlaps.
Manifestations in animal breeding
The dewlap of the cow follows the course of the neck from the throat to the chest. It is also known as a triel (lat. Palear).
In some dog breeds , the dewlap can also be a breeding goal. In Shar-Pei , for example, the wrinkles on the forehead and cheeks continue in the loose skin of the throat.
The rabbit's dewlap shows up mainly in large and medium-sized breeds . A small, light, well-formed expression in rabbits is called a swallow's nest dewlap. The dewlap is at the level of the throat and is not to be confused with the chin knot of large breed rammers, which is located on the chin. Especially in older the does the non-fitting or loose fur skin showing Bauchwamme .
A distinction is made between belly, double and throat dewlaps in poultry . In geese, a dewlap is called a hanging fold of skin on the abdomen, which can be single or double depending on the breed. The double dewlap is two-fold, cup-shaped and closed at the back. The throat dewlap, on the other hand, is a "noticeable skin development on the throat", which is desirable in some poultry breeds and described in the standard, in others it can be faulty.
The dewlap of the house pigeon is a pronounced, feathered fold of skin on the throat. It is a breed characteristic of the dewlap pigeons , a subgroup of the shape pigeons .
Dewlap of a cow
Bloodhound dewlap
Toulouse goose with throat and belly dewlap
When breeding the animals, possible exaggerations in the formation of skin folds, which could damage the animals' wellbeing, should be avoided. (→ see the list of the affected features of the report on the interpretation of the prohibition of torture breeding for skin wrinkling of different dog breeds and the domestic goose )
Technical terms from other industries
The flanks of hoofed game are also called dewlap or thinning by hunters .
In the fur industry, the furrier means the belly of the fur animals .
Fresh or smoked pork belly , a Bavarian specialty, is called “ Wammerl ” . The belly of calves and lambs is also called this in Bavaria and Austria .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wamme , in: Adelung, grammatical-critical dictionary of high German dialect, volume 4. Leipzig 1801, pp. 1373-1374
- ↑ Klaus-Dieter Budras , Silke Buda: Atlas of the anatomy of the cattle: Supplement clinical-functional anatomy. Schlütersche, 2010, ISBN 9783842680166 , p. 14.
- ↑ Dewlap. In: Stadthunde.com. Dogs Marketing Christian Köhler & Florian Hellberg GbR, accessed on December 11, 2011 .
- ↑ Breed standard No. 309 of the FCI: Shar-Pei (PDF)
- ↑ Dewlap. In: Lexicon of the rabbit newspaper. Hobby and small animal breeders Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, accessed on December 11, 2011 .
- ↑ dewlap. In: Lexicon of the rabbit newspaper. Hobby and small animal breeders Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, accessed on December 11, 2011 .
- ↑ Dewlap. In: Geflügel-Lexikon der Geflügelzeitung. Hobby and small animal breeders Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, accessed on December 11, 2011 .
- ↑ Dewlap. Association of German Pedigree Poultry Breeders , February 3, 2005, accessed on August 5, 2013 (training documents with technical terms on the body and plumage of pedigree pigeons).
- ↑ Dewlap. (No longer available online.) In: Tauben-Lexikon der Geflügelzeitung. Hobby and small animal breeders Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, archived from the original on November 11, 2014 ; Retrieved August 5, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ilse Haseder , Gerhard Stinglwagner : Knaurs Großes Jagdlexikon , Augsburg 2000, p. 170, ISBN 3-8289-1579-5
- ↑ Grimm, German Dictionary, Volume 27, Column 1452, 21
