Causes and Economic Effects of Mortality in Livestock Guarding Dogs
dc.contributor.author | Lorenz, J. R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Coppinger, R. P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sutherland, M. R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-24T03:34:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-24T03:34:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1986-07-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lorenz, J. R., Coppinger, R. P., & Sutherland, M. R. (1986). Causes and economic effects of mortality in livestock guarding dogs. Journal of Range Management, 39(4), 293-295. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-409X | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2307/3899764 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/645292 | |
dc.description.abstract | We assessed causes of pre-senile mortality among working guarding dogs, and its effects on their management and cost. A population of 449 livestock guarding dogs in 31 states showed no differences in mortality due to breed or sex, but dogs working on open rangelands died more frequently (p<.001) than those working on farms or fenced ranches. Half of the farm dogs died before they reached 38 months of age, by which time nearly three-quarters of the open rangelands dogs had succumbed. Accidents accounted for over half the deaths, culling for inappropriate behavior accounted for one-third, and diseases for 9%. High accident and culling rates in young dogs substantially increased the cost of this predator control technique. However, we found 2 main areas where corrective measures can be applied: (1) increasing the awareness among producers that accidents are a main cause of deaths especially during the dogs' first 30 months of age; and (2) reducing the number of culls by improving the genetics of the dogs and by training producers to manage them. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Society for Range Management | |
dc.relation.url | https://rangelands.org/ | |
dc.rights | Copyright © Society for Range Management. | |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | costs and returns | |
dc.subject | predator control | |
dc.subject | accidents | |
dc.subject | culling | |
dc.subject | guard dogs | |
dc.subject | sheep dogs | |
dc.subject | mortality | |
dc.subject | United States | |
dc.title | Causes and Economic Effects of Mortality in Livestock Guarding Dogs | |
dc.type | text | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Range Management | |
dc.description.note | This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. | |
dc.description.collectioninformation | The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. | |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | |
dc.description.admin-note | Migrated from OJS platform August 2020 | |
dc.source.volume | 39 | |
dc.source.issue | 4 | |
dc.source.beginpage | 293-295 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-09-24T03:34:54Z |