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Study on Dongkyung-i Dog Characterized as Anury and Brachyury  

Cho, Sung-Jin (Animal Disease Research Unit, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Wonkwang University)
Park, Young-Seok (Dept. of Companion and Laboratory Animal Science, Kongju National University)
Lee, Eun-Soo (Dept. of Chinese Language & Literature, Wonkwang University)
Lee, Hyun-A (Center for Animal Resource Development, Wonkwang University)
Kim, Ok-Jin (Center for Animal Resource Development, Wonkwang University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.25, no.1, 2008 , pp. 15-18 More about this Journal
Abstract
Until now, there are no scientific studies for Dongkyung-i(DKI) dog, which is recently called as Deng-Kyun. This study is aimed to investigate the characteristics of DKI. According to visiting studies, DKI is an active, live and muscular dog. The dog is willing to announce the approach of strangers friendly. As the results of morphological studies, DKI is medium sized and the average weight is 22.6 kg. Its coat has mainly yellowish brown color and short hair. Morphologically, the dog showed vestigial tail and muscular and sturdy pelvic limbs. As the results of radiological studies, DKI is characterized as the absence of coccygeal vertebrae or the coccygeal agenesis. We concluded that DKI may be a Korean native canine breed characterized as short or non-tail dog. Also, we suggested that this characteristic dog is valuable to develop as a Korean native breed.
Keywords
Dongkyung-i; Deng-Kyun; anury; brachyury; dog;
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