Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, cilt.14, ss.170-175, 2019 (Scopus)
Sense of hearing is of crucial
importance for dogs to perform their duties. There is no study to determine the
reference latency intervals of dogs' sense of hearing. The aim of this study is
to identify normative data that can be used as the reference interval for the
wave latencies I, III and V at 80 dB with respect to the sense of hearing of
Kangal shepherd dogs. The Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response test was applied
to 106 Kangal shepherd dogs in Sivas province. The animals have been grouped by
age, sex and general. Normative data
were identified for the reference latency intervals for each wave of the right
and left ears of the groups and statistical differences between the wave
latency intervals were also examined. One-Way ANOVA and post-hoc Duncan test
were used in the age group comparison and independent samples t-test was used in
the comparison of the other groups. All statistical analyses were performed
using the SPSS v.22 software. When the groups are compared, only statistically
significant difference was found in the age group at the wave latency V at 80
dB HL. No statistically significance was found in all other groups. The average
values of the wave latencies I, III and V were found to be 1.37-2.36-3.65 ms,
1.37-2.35-3.63 ms, 1.38-2.36-3.68 ms, 1.35-2.37-3.79 ms, 1.30-2.26-3.57 ms and
1.41-2.39-3.59, general, female, male, 20 day -9 month, 10-30 month and 31
months and older, respectively. Since normative data on the sense of hearing of
Kangal shepherd dogs have been identified for the first time with this study,
it is expected to make a significant contribution to the literature. This
normative data can be used as reference interval in clinical examinations and
future studies on the sense of hearing of Kangal shepherd dogs.