Berger Picard
Temperament: A true working shepherd's dog, the Berger Picard is lively, alert and confident, yet aloof with strangers.
Height: Male: 23.5 to 25.5 inches. Females 21.5 to 23.5 inches.
Weight: 50-70 lbs
Life Span: 12-13 years
Breed Average Outlier Index: 0.37
OI Average for dogs over 10: 0.40
OI Average for dogs under 2: 0.44
Breed Average Genetic Relatedness: -0.01
AGR Average for dogs over 10: -0.03
AGR Average for dogs under 2: -0.02
Breed Average Internal Relatedness: 0.01
IR Average for dogs over 10: -0.02
IR Average for dogs under 2: -0.01
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| No. | Name | Gender | Outlier Index | Average Genetic Relatedness | Internal Relatedness | 1 | Flywire Sin-Tillating Sapphire at Sylyn | F | 0.41 | -0.10 | 0.01 | 2 | Idee Fixe Visa's Maxed Out | F | 0.44 | -0.02 | -0.01 | 3 | Eclipse Lust for Life | F | 0.38 | -0.07 | 0.12 | 4 | Sportingfields Eclipse Legally Blonde | F | 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 5 | IOM Green Girl | F | 0.31 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 6 | IOM Pink Girl | F | 0.45 | -0.08 | 0.01 | 7 | IOM Red Boy | M | 0.36 | 0.08 | -0.19 | 8 | IOM Blue Boy | M | 0.41 | 0.00 | -0.09 | 9 | Sportingfields Eclipse I Am Groot | M | 0.32 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 10 | Idée Fixe That's A Keepah! | M | 0.44 | 0.02 | -0.07 |
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The indiginous sheep dog of the French agricultural region of Picardy, the breed was nearly extinct after two world wars. This breed is thought by some to be the oldest of the French pasture dogs, related to the French herders, the Briard and the Beauceron. In recent years this very rare breed has made a small comeback.
Classic canine issues like hip dysplasia and PRA are found in the breed, and there is risking concern about autoimmune diseases and IBD.
The follow includes dogs with birthdates listed in the database.
DLA Haplotypes in the Breed
The Dog Leukocyte Antigen or DLA is the region in the canine genome that controls the immune system, among other things. There are three classes or areas, and the VGL Canine Diversity Test genotypes or records the two regions with the most variation. Because it is an area that mutates more rapidly than others, the method VGL uses is ideal for identifying specific combinations of DNA, and not merely showing whether a dog inherited two of the same sets of genetics from its parents or two different ones.
"Haplotype" is a generic name for a set of genes that are bound together and inherited as a set. The DLA Class I and Class II haplotypes are very tightly bound and represent about 2 million base pairs of DNA - a sizeable chunk. These two haplotypes together make an extended haplotype that is nearly always passed from parent to puppies as a pair. We therefore have two tables below showing both the combinations of DLA found in this breed and how often they appear, and also how often they appear individually.
Remember that frequency percentages do not show how many dogs carry them, but rather how many of these haplotypes exist in the breed as a whole. Every dog has two sets of DLA haplotypes, one inherited from dam, and one inherited from sire. These almost never recombine in new generations.
DLA Class I/Class II Combinations :
| Class I Haplotype | Class II Haplotype | Frequency in the Breed | 1227 | 2067 | 89.46% | 1227 | 2067 | 89.46% | 1052 | 2017 | 10.54% | 1052 | 2017 | 10.54% |
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DLA Frequencies :
| Class | Haplotype | Frequency in the Breed | Class I | 1052 | 10.54% | Class I | 1227 | 89.46% | Class II | 2017 | 10.54% | Class II | 2067 | 89.46% | Class I | 1052 | 10.54% | Class I | 1227 | 89.46% | Class II | 2017 | 10.54% | Class II | 2067 | 89.46% |
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