Silken Windhound
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The Silken Windhound is not from the FCI recognized dog breed in the United States belonging to the greyhounds is counted. It is a relatively new breed that emerged from crosses between Borzoi , Whippets and Longhaired Whippets . The first litter fell in 1987. In Europe, this breed was recognized by the Slovenian Kennel Club in 2003 and assigned to Group 10, Section 1 . The breed can be in Slovenia on national and international exhibitions are shown and acquire the National Champion title, the award of the CACIB , however, is not permitted. The Silken Windhound has also been recognized by the American Sighthound Field Association (ASFA) since 2009 .
history
The Silken Windhound is based on a cross between Longhaired Whippets, Whippets and Borzois, which the first breeder originally referred to as the Silken Windsprite . Windsprite was, however, also the breed name of the first breeder of the Longhaired Whippet, so that the use of this name as part of the breed name of the new breed was legally prohibited. In 1998 the name was changed to Silken Windhound . In the German-speaking world, the name Silken Windsprite is used today by some breeders for the Longhaired Whippet.
description
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The Silken Windhound is a small to medium-sized greyhound with a moderately long coat that resembles a small borzoi. The shoulder height is 47 to 60 cm. Shoulder height and body length form approximately a square. All colors and badges are allowed.
Health
Due to the crossbreeding of Shelties , which took place in the Longhaired Whippet, the MDR1 defect also occurs in the Silken Windhound. The allele frequency in a sample of 84 dogs was 17.9%. 33.3% of the dogs examined were heterozygous for the defective allele and 1.2% had two defective alleles.
reception
The Silken Windhound is being studied as an example of a new breed of dog by the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at UC Davis as part of the Silken Windhound Genome Project .
Web links
- Silken Windhound Standard on the Slovenian Greyhound Club website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Silken Windhound Timeline
- ↑ Silken Windhounds Accepted ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 26 kB) on the ASFA website
- ↑ Explanation on the website of the Longhaired Whippet Association ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ^ History of the Silken Windhound
- ↑ Silken Windsprite Club ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ KL. Mealey and KM. Meurs (2008): Breed distribution of the ABCB1-1Delta (multidrug sensitivity) polymorphism among dogs undergoing ABCB1 genotyping . In: JAVMA 233 (6): 921-4, PMID 18795852
- ↑ P. Dowling: Pharmacogenetics: it's not just about ivermectin in collies. In: The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue ve? Te? Rinaire canadienne. Volume 47, Number 12, December 2006, pp. 1165-1168, PMID 17217086 , PMC 1636591 (free full text).
- ^ MW Neff, KR Robertson, AK Wong, N. Safra, KW Broman, M. Slatkin, KL Mealey, NC Pedersen: Breed distribution and history of canine mdr1-1Delta, a pharmacogenetic mutation that marks the emergence of breeds from the collie lineage . In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Volume 101, number 32, August 2004, pp. 11725-11730, doi : 10.1073 / pnas.0402374101 , PMID 15289602 , PMC 511012 (free full text).
- ^ UC Davis' Silken Windhound Genome Project
