06/12/2024
A new project will be launched within the International Institute of Professional Cynology , called Crypto Cynology . This project will focus on the study of the entire DNA genetics of the canine species. The program will be led by Mr. Gabriel Djibril Kaci-chaouche , Director General of the IIoPC , as well as President and Founder of the Kennel Club URCT , an expert cynologist. It will also be supervised by Mr. Ciro Boiano Ciro , President and Founder of the World Dog Federation , an expert cynologist. Crypto Cynology will be implemented from the beginning of 2025.
Less than 50 chapters will be dedicated to canine genetics in the program. This possibility will be accessible to all WDF member clubs and partners, but only to those who are able to improve their skills and of course to develop them in turn throughout the world.
Giving some details, we can say that the crypto cynology program will address complete canine genetics. Regarding the imprint of breeds, diseases and mutations, mutations related to morphological characteristics, inbreeding, mutation genes, safe mating, monitoring of emerging breed diseases, green, red, blue, black dots, etc.
After the human species, the dog is the mammal species in which the greatest number of hereditary diseases have been identified. In June 2015, there were more than 600 hereditary diseases in the canine species. This situation can be explained by the very origin of our domestic dogs. Indeed, current domestic dogs are the descendants of wolves domesticated around 15,000 years ago and canine breeds, as we know them, are the result of intense selection efforts and crossbreeding carried out "on demand" by man. In addition, the more than 400 dog breeds present a morphological, behavioral and genetic disease sensitivity diversity never equaled in mammals. The first dogs, resulting from the domestication of the wolf, were selected by man to meet various utilitarian criteria: dogs for hunting, guarding, carrying, herding.
Subsequently, breeding practices such as the use of a reduced number of champion bi***es and stallions, the strict selection of their descendants and the use of inbreeding (used to quickly fix morphological characteristics such as size, conformation, color and coat texture) or behavioral characteristics (aptitude for herding, hunting, guarding) resulted in the homogeneity of individuals within the same breed. However, at the same time as the desired characteristics were preserved durably, involuntarily, characteristics not detectable at birth were also fixed. Thus, alleles responsible for simple hereditary diseases, or combinations of inadequate alleles responsible for complex hereditary diseases are now part of the genetic heritage of each dog breed.
