Skull variation in different breeds sheep from Balkan countries

The Balkan Peninsula region has a very diverse agricultural and livestock tradition, and almost every country has its own local breed of sheep. Different breeds of sheep and different breeding traditions, despite the small geographical distance, determine the morphological and morphometric variabili...

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Published in:Annals of anatomy 2023-08, Vol.249, p.152083-152083, Article 152083
Main Authors: Gündemir, Ozan, Duro, Sokol, Szara, Tomasz, Koungoulos, Loukas, Jashari, Tefik, Demircioğlu, İsmail, Hadžiomerović, Nedžad, Ilieski, Vlatko, Melnyk, Oleg P., Melnyk, Oleksii O.
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Language:English
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Craniometry
Cranium
Geometric morphometrics
Sheep
Veterinary anatomy
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Summary:The Balkan Peninsula region has a very diverse agricultural and livestock tradition, and almost every country has its own local breed of sheep. Different breeds of sheep and different breeding traditions, despite the small geographical distance, determine the morphological and morphometric variability among animal breeds. In this study, this morphological diversity among the skulls of sheep breeds of some countries in the Balkan region was examined by the geometric morphometric method. 2D images of 86 sheep skulls from five different countries were analyzed from the dorsal view.Sixteen landmarks were used. The Bardhoka and the Ivesi breed have the broadest distributions of skull shape amongst the sheep breeds. The Ruda sheep is the most morphologically conservative. The sheep from Turkey (Ivesi) and Kosovo (Bardhoka) seem to differ mainly from sheep from other Balkan countries. Bardhoka and Ruda differ most from each other (p 
ISSN:0940-9602
1618-0402
DOI:10.1016/j.aanat.2023.152083