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Macroanatomical and morphometric study on the skull bones of Aksaray Malakli dogs
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Affiliations- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
- Department of Biometrics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Türkiye
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Balıkesir University, Balıkesir, Turkey
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Abstract
Background: The skull is an important anatomical structure to discern dog breeds and wolves from dogs. For this purpose, skull morphology and some morphometric measurements of Malakli dogs, a local breed in the Aksaray region, were examined.
Materials and methods: Thirty-two distances were measured and seven ratios calculated in nine skulls of adult dogs. In our study, different morphological features and statistical findings that were not revealed by taking measurements from 32 distinct anatomical points of Aksaray Malakli dog skull bones were determined in accordance with the literature.
Results: Processus zygomaticus was found to be long and pointed in the Aksaray Malakli dogs. The results of morphometric analysis were as follows: facial index value 107.68 ± 4.98, nasal index value 19.61 ± 3.25, cranial index value 56.17 ± 2.52, basal index value 30.57 ± 1.30, skull index 54.68 ± 3.01, palatal index I value 56.76 ± 1.89 and palatal index II value 59.83 ± 2.23.
Conclusions: It can be concluded form the present investigation that the neurocranium length, facial index, cranial index, basal index, skull index, and palatal index values were statistically different from other dog breeds.
Abstract
Background: The skull is an important anatomical structure to discern dog breeds and wolves from dogs. For this purpose, skull morphology and some morphometric measurements of Malakli dogs, a local breed in the Aksaray region, were examined.
Materials and methods: Thirty-two distances were measured and seven ratios calculated in nine skulls of adult dogs. In our study, different morphological features and statistical findings that were not revealed by taking measurements from 32 distinct anatomical points of Aksaray Malakli dog skull bones were determined in accordance with the literature.
Results: Processus zygomaticus was found to be long and pointed in the Aksaray Malakli dogs. The results of morphometric analysis were as follows: facial index value 107.68 ± 4.98, nasal index value 19.61 ± 3.25, cranial index value 56.17 ± 2.52, basal index value 30.57 ± 1.30, skull index 54.68 ± 3.01, palatal index I value 56.76 ± 1.89 and palatal index II value 59.83 ± 2.23.
Conclusions: It can be concluded form the present investigation that the neurocranium length, facial index, cranial index, basal index, skull index, and palatal index values were statistically different from other dog breeds.
Keywords
neuroanatomy, macroanatomy, morphometric, cranial index
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Macroanatomical and morphometric study on the skull bones of Aksaray Malakli dogs
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Folia Morphol 2022;81(1):157-163.
Keywords
neuroanatomy
macroanatomy
morphometric
cranial index
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R. İlgün
Z. Özüdoğru
O. Karabulut
M. Can
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