TY  - JOUR
T1  - What is Pitbull and what it is not?
AU  - Özcan, Mustafa
AU  - Öztürk, Nurşen
AU  - Onuk, Agnieszka Hanna
PY  - 2020
DA  - March
JF  - Journal of Istanbul Veterinary Sciences
JO  - J Ist Vet Sci
PB  - The Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons, Istanbul
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2602-3490
SP  - 46
EP  - 46
LA  - en
AB  - Generally nowadays “Pitbull” is known as an athletic dog with a well-structured body type, round headshaped,dominant, hard to control, tend to attack and causes irreversible damages to its environment. Someof the cynologos accept the term “Pitbull” as an upper identity or class and include “Staffordshire BullTerrier”, “American Staffordshire Terrier”, “American Pitbull Terrier”, “American Bully”, “AmericanBull Dog” and “Bull Terrier” in this class. Federation Cynologique Internationale (FCI) is accepted thismentioned breeds individually in “Bull Type Terriers” upper topic and did not include Pitbull Terrier inany of the classifications. Due to having morphological similarities between “American StaffordshireTerrier” and “American Pit Bull Terriers” both breeds are mostly evaluated in the same breeds. In thisstudy, we aimed to compare both breeds by using an official breed description of the breeds. The history ofBull Type breeds can be traced back to the early 1800s in the United Kingdom. Old English Bulldogs andEnglish Terriers formed the ancestors of these breeds. The American Pit Bull Terriers are described in adifferent name (American Staffordshire Terrier) due to owners’ request of being evaluated undercompanion dog. During the time, American Staffordshire Terriers have been differentiated by geneticallyand behaviorally by selection studies and described as a separated breed in 1996 by FCI. Whenconsidering the United Kennel Club’s (UKC) breed standards of American Pitbull Terrier and FederationCynologique International (FCI) breed standards for American Staffordshire Terrier, even though thesimilarities between the breeds, there are differences in terms of body-color, eye color, pigmentationaround the nose/lip/eyelid, behavior and purpose of the breed, keeping aggressive dogs off the breedingcan be determined.
KW  - Dog
KW  - Pitbull
KW  - American Staffordshire Terrier
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UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/http-www-jivs-net/article/702240
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1002210
ER  -