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Afghan Hound
- breed health database
- swedish insurance data
- health surveys
- registration statistics
- afghan hound
- international breed collaboration
- Afghanhund
- Lévrier afghan
- Lebrel afgano
- Afghanischer Windhund
- Afghansk Mynde
- National kennel clubs and breed clubs (see, e.g. Breeding/Health Strategy Documents, below)
- Population-level statistics (see, e.g., Swedish Insurance Data, below)
- Research articles
- Breed club surveys
- Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds.
- Afghan Club of America - AKC registration statistics
- The Kennel Club, UK: Breed Watch
- Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
- Finland - Afgaaninvinttikoiran jalostuksen tavoiteohjelma (PDF in Finnish)
- US: Afghan club of America: Health: CHIC Reports: https://afghanhoundclubofamerica.org/index.php/information/health-care/health-testing-chic Hip and Thyroid Statistics are available via the Health menu tabs.
Glamour in the dog world comes in many forms but the Afghan Hound must be in the top ten of anybody’s list. The first Afghan Hounds arrived in Britain in the early 1900s and one, called Zardin, won in spectacular style at the 1907 Crystal Palace show
Source: The Kennel Club
Links to Breed Descriptions
Also see The German Kennel Club (VDH) for video (if available).
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This and other breed videos are available in full length here.
View more videos on AKC's YouTube Channel
Other Names for Breed
Country of Origin and Parent Breed Club
Middle East
In FCI, the Afghan Hound is under the Patronage of The Kennel Club, Great Britain.
Health and Well-Being
Some sources of health information include:
Breed-Specific Articles
Breed Standards
There are numerous breed standards.
The basis of breed/conformation shows is the judging of pedigree dogs against the 'Breed Standard', which is a picture in words that describes the range of features that are deemed appropriate for the breed.
Three of the major international standards are:
Breed-Specific Statistics
1. Swedish Insurance Data
2. Registrations Statistics
3. Finnish Kennel Club: Afghan Hound: Database Statistics
Breeding/Health Strategy Documents
Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:
Health Surveys
b. UK-KC 2004 Breed Health Survey
Breed-Specific DNA Tests:
Other Breed-Specific Webpages
Afghan Hounds International Pedigree Database
Currently (10-8-2020) has 281418 Afghan Hound pedigrees and 36486 pictures in the database.
Historical Archives and UK_CHAMPION_AFGHAN_HOUNDS_Vol1a_1927to1957.pdf
Collection of the breed from the earliest imports to the UK.
Issue.com
Afghan Hound: what is typical and why by Espen Engh, AHWC 2014
Breed-Specific Research
Afghan Club of America: Chylothorax Research
Breed Clubs
We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.
Scotland: Afghan Hound Club Of Scotland
UK: Afghan Hound Association
USA: Afghan Hound Club of America
Italy: ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA AMATORI LEVRIERI AFGHANI: https://www.aiala.it/
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