Yet efforts to establish profiles of particular breeds have commonly failed.
They then matched these genetic variations with anatomical and behavioral characteristics of particular breeds.
Pet stores can be the sole source of particular breeds in some areas, and a better alternative than buying sight unseen.
These statistics have previously been used to make inferences about the pedigree population of dogs, including trends in the numbers of particular breeds [ 31- 33].
Also, since some dog breeds are genetically predisposed for certain viral and bacterial diseases, other breeds might be more susceptible to influenza virus (H5N1) infection (e.g., equine influenza virus [H3N8] caused disease predominantly in small groups of dogs of particular breeds, including greyhounds [ 13 ]).
Our earliest quote for this use, from 1984, uses the verb in 'I heart my dog's head', a jokey play on bumper stickers featuring a heart and a picture of the face of a particular breed of dog (expressing a person's enthusiasm for, say, shih-tzus) which itself became a popular bumper sticker.
An association between the number of horses of a particular breed and incidence of AEP is unlikely, which together with absence of breed predilection in other studies [ 3, 4] again indicates that the causes of AEP are to be found in the horses' environment rather than in a genetic predisposition.
In his usual high style, Whit Stillman captures the lives of a particular breed of privileged young woman in the brief time of free-spiritedness between college and career.
It feels like the natural habitat of that particular breed of Eton-Oxbridge person.
"It's more like there's been a revival of a particular breed of bluestone, the big slabs," said David Andersen, who owns Pascack Valley Stone and Slate Company in Closter, N.J.
