Abstract

By using information derived from questionnaires sent to registered owners of drever dams and sires in Sweden with offspring born in 1992 and/or 1994, two groups of offspring were identified: one with one parent said to have had breathing difficulties after hunting, and another with both parents unaffected. Questionnaires were sent to the owners of these off spring, and multiple logistic regression was used to analyse the offspring data, with the status of their sire and dam with respect to breathing difficulties after hunting included as covariates. For the outcome 'breathing difficulties after hunting' in the 266 offspring, the odds ratio (OR) was 4-4 (95 per cent confidence interval [CI] 1(.)8 to 10(.)8) if the dam was affected and 3(.)9 (95 per cent CI 1(.)2 to 11(.)1) if the sire was affected. The OR for male offspring was 2(.)4 (95 per cent CI 1(.)1 to 5(.)7). The heritability of the condition was estimated to be 0(.)34 from the dogs born in 1992, and 0(.)28 from the dogs born in 1994

Published in

Veterinary Record
2004, Volume: 155, number: 5, pages: 144-148
Publisher: BRITISH VETERINARY ASSOC

SLU Authors

• Egenvall, Agneta

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Swenson, Lennart

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Andersson, Kjell

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Veterinary Science
Animal and Dairy Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.155.5.144

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/3873