Lifespan and Causes of Death in the Irish Wolfhound - Vetsuisse ...
Lifespan and Causes of Death in the Irish Wolfhound - Vetsuisse ...
Lifespan and Causes of Death in the Irish Wolfhound - Vetsuisse ...
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
6.4.5 Pedigree Charts for PSS<br />
6.4.5.1 Calculated Ancestors<br />
While <strong>the</strong> results for <strong>the</strong> first three causes <strong>of</strong> death were not particularly encourag<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
<strong>the</strong> PSS data comparisons showed enough promise to put <strong>the</strong> relations with<strong>in</strong> this<br />
population <strong>in</strong>to a pedigree chart. This resulted <strong>in</strong> figure 6.13 below:<br />
6360 6636<br />
7096<br />
6533 6844<br />
7084 7086 7080<br />
7097<br />
7594<br />
8420<br />
6544<br />
7191<br />
7409<br />
9325<br />
11392<br />
9249<br />
7383<br />
7798<br />
7571<br />
8251<br />
8875<br />
7385<br />
7796<br />
8000<br />
7474<br />
7719 7560<br />
7509<br />
9861<br />
8608<br />
8002<br />
7978<br />
7344<br />
7910<br />
6819<br />
7791<br />
7960<br />
7510<br />
7152<br />
7814<br />
8139<br />
9103<br />
10393<br />
11055<br />
8847<br />
8606<br />
8279<br />
8915<br />
9795<br />
8929<br />
8972<br />
9689<br />
11701<br />
10369<br />
10362 9840<br />
11730<br />
12096<br />
12386<br />
Fig. 6.13: Pedigree chart <strong>of</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> ancestors <strong>of</strong> PSS cases (chapter 6.4.4.2). Dogs<br />
mentioned <strong>in</strong> table 6.26 are marked grey.<br />
Note that <strong>in</strong>dividuals 8153 <strong>and</strong> 8382 have been omitted from this graph. 8153 is a<br />
great-gr<strong>and</strong>son <strong>of</strong> 6360, while 8382 would have to be tracked back beh<strong>in</strong>d 5838 to<br />
f<strong>in</strong>d common ancestors with <strong>the</strong> population <strong>in</strong> this graph. Also note that 11'392 is <strong>the</strong><br />
only <strong>in</strong>dividual to appear <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> results for both <strong>the</strong> reference <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> affected shunt<br />
population.<br />
Given that PSS follows a simple autosomal recessive mode <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>heritance (see<br />
chapter 3.2.3), <strong>the</strong> results <strong>of</strong> this analysis give way to several possible <strong>in</strong>terpretations.<br />
86