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Brachycephaly (derived from the Ancient Greek βραχύς, 'short' and κεφαλή, 'head') is the shape of a skull shorter than average in its species. It is perceived as a cosmetically desirable trait in some domesticated dog and cat breeds , notably the pug and Persian , and can be normal or abnormal in other animal species.
The English bulldog, a typically brachycephalic dog breed, may have brachycephalic syndrome. A Peke-face Exotic shorthair.. Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS), also known as brachycephalic airway obstructive syndrome (BAOS), brachycephalic airway syndrome (BAS), and brachycephalic syndrome (BS), [1] is a pathological condition affecting short nosed dogs and cats which can lead ...
Queensland, Varsity Lakes — A five-year-old boy was mauled to death by a family friend's dog. His grandmother was also injured. [429] [430] [431] July 11, 2021: Undisclosed, 5 weeks old, male American Staffordshire Terrier: New South Wales, Kariong — Five-week-old baby boy was mauled to death by the family dog in the early hours of the ...
Roach was savaged to death by his pet dog as his wife tried to rescue him. [3] [33] November 1991: David Parry 9 Male Great Dane (1), Alsatian (1), Lakeland Terrier (1) Leighton Buzzard, England Parry was killed by his family's three pet dogs in the garden of the family's pub. The three dogs were subsequently put down at the request of the father.
Dogue de Bordeaux CH "Sans-Peur", 1900. Sculpture of a Dogue de Bordeaux in the act of wolf-baiting from the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. The Dogue de Bordeaux was known in France as early as the 14th century, particularly in southern France in the region around Bordeaux.
Cranial sutures. A defining characteristic of Crouzon syndrome is craniosynostosis, which results in an abnormal head shape.This is present in combinations of: frontal bossing, trigonocephaly (fusion of the metopic suture), brachycephaly (fusion of the coronal suture), dolichocephaly (fusion of the sagittal suture), plagiocephaly (unilateral premature closure of lambdoid and coronal sutures ...
64074 Ensembl ENSG00000112562 ENSMUSG00000023886 UniProt Q9H3U7 Q8CD91 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001166412 NM_022138 NM_022315 RefSeq (protein) NP_001159884 NP_071421 NP_071710 Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 168.44 – 168.67 Mb Chr 17: 14.5 – 14.63 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse SPARC-related modular calcium-binding protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SMOC2 ...
This is likely because there is premature closure of the skull base cranial sutures (brachycephaly due to craniosynostosis). To accommodate the developing brain there is increased growth of the skull bone in a parallel plane giving the dog a characterised domed or "apple-headed" appearance.