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Reproductive diseases. Prostate disease * in dogs includes benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatitis (infection of the prostate), cancer, and cysts and abscesses. BPH is the most common and is found in older intact (not neutered) dogs. Signs include blood in the urine and straining to urinate and defecate.
The domestic dog is a divergent subspecies of the gray wolf and was derived from an extinct population of Late Pleistocene wolves. [8] [31] [32] Through selective pressure and selective breeding, the domestic dog has developed into hundreds of varied breeds and shows more behavioral and morphological variation than any other land mammal. [33]
Canine distemper. Canine distemper virus ( CDV) (sometimes termed " footpad disease ") is a viral disease that affects a wide variety of mammal families, [2] including domestic and wild species of dogs, coyotes, foxes, pandas, wolves, ferrets, skunks, raccoons, and felines, as well as pinnipeds, some primates, and a variety of other species.
Wolfdog. An Arctic wolf / Alaskan Malamute hybrid from Lobo Park, Antequera. Dog ( domestic dog) A wolfdog is a canine produced by the mating of a domestic dog ( Canis familiaris) with a gray wolf ( Canis lupus ), eastern wolf ( Canis lycaon ), red wolf ( Canis rufus ), or Ethiopian wolf ( Canis simensis) to produce a hybrid .
The African wild dog is the bulkiest and most solidly built of African canids. [ 36] The species stands 60 to 75 cm (24 to 30 in) at the shoulders, measures 71 to 112 cm (28 to 44 in) in head-and-body length and has a tail length of 29 to 41 cm (11 to 16 in). Adults have a weight range of 18 to 36 kg (40 to 79 lb).
Mongolia. Mongolia[ b] is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometres (603,909 square miles), with a population of just 3.5 million, making it the world's most sparsely populated sovereign state. Mongolia is the world's largest landlocked country ...
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Utah State University (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010).Read our methodology here.. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014.
Dog – the species (or subspecies) as a whole, also any male member of the same. [258] Bitch – any female member of the species (or subspecies). [259] Puppy or pup – a young member of the species (or subspecies) under 12 months old. [260] Sire – the male parent of a litter. [260] Dam – the female parent of a litter. [260]