Abstract:Artificial selective breeding of man-induced breeds of dogs and cats has had major impacts mainly on the welfare of these animals. Although it spawned a wide variety of breeds, the modifications made in their anatomical structures inevitably entailed physiological and behavioral changes in some canine and feline breeds, bringing great consequences to them. By interfering in the anatomical conformation of the skull bones of dogs and cats by modifying the shape and size of the head, there is a narrowing of the a… Show more
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