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Many dog lovers assume the breed identification listed for adoptable dogs is accurate, but as it turns out, such labels should be taken with a grain of salt.
Researchers at Arizona State University’s Canine Science Collaboratory recently genotyped DNA from more than 900 shelter dogs to see just how often those breed labels assigned by shelter staff were correct. In the study sample, 125 different breeds were identified.
Shelter workers had the most success identifying the primary breed in a mix (accurate 67 percent of the time), but when they tried to guess at the secondary breed, that accuracy dropped to just 10 percent.
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Jackie Brown is a freelance writer from Southern California who specializes in the pet industry. Reach her at jackiebrownwriter.wordpress.com.
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