Italian Greyhound/ Piccolo levriero italiano

The Italian Greyhound (in Italian: Piccolo Levriero Italiano) is a small breed of dog of the sight hound type, sometimes called an "I.G." or an "Iggy".

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Greyhound

ENCI: Comments to the FCI Standard (Italian & English versions): https://www.circolodelpiccololevrieroitaliano.it/commento-allo-standard/ |

English: https://www.circolodelpiccololevrieroitaliano.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Comment-to-the-standard-2.pdf

See more at... http://www.circolodelpiccololevrieroitaliano.it/commento-allo-standard.html

GRAINS (Sweden): Domarkompendium framtaget till Svenska Vinthundklubbens domarkonferens 2022 (Swedish)

AKC Video (link - https://youtu.be/wQfC0uEUfjU

View more videos on AKC's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmericanKennelClub

• Italiensk vinthund
• Italian Greyhound (Piccolo levriero italiano)
• Piccolo levriero italiano
• Levrette d'Italie
• Pequeño Lebrel italiano
• Italienisches Windspiel
• Italiensk Mynde

Italy

ENCI: https://www.enci.it/libro-genealogico/razze/piccolo-levriero-italiano

Circolo del Piccolo Levriero Italiano: http://www.circolodelpiccololevrieroitaliano.it/

Health articles are available from the Italian Greyhound Rescue Foundation.

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:

The American Kennel Club

The Kennel Club, UK

FCI (Federation Cynologique Internationale)

1. Swedish Insurance Data

• Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds. This breed has information on Veterinary Care.

2. Finland: Koiranet Database: https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmEtusivu.aspx?R=200

Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:

1. The Kennel Club, UK: Breed Watch (Category 1)
2. Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
3. Finland: JTO: Jalostuksen tavoiteohjelma päivitys 2022-2026 Italianvintkoira: https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/RotuPDF.ashx?R=200&T=2
4. OFA: Health tests and statistics for Italian Greyhounds
   1. https://ofa.org/chic-programs/browse-by-breed/?breed=IT
5. US: Betterbred: Genetic Diversity - topic

Legacies- where do offspring fall? Italian Greyhounds -- September 21, 2018

UK: "The Italian Greyhound Active Health Project is part of a broader programme run by the Kennel Club and managed by the UK’s Breed Health Coordinator and Breed Education Coordinator, within the guidelines of the Kennel Club."

    "Our aim is to monitor the overall health of Italian Greyhounds as a breed, and to work with owners and breeders to safeguard the ongoing good health of this beautiful breed for the future."

Health Surveys

Finland: Health surveys conducted every three years survey diseases and their prevalence - see the 2020 Survey (Finnish) on the Internet Archives website...

• https://web.archive.org/web/20211019051359/https://sicry.fi/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Etnan_ja_italianvinttikoirat_Petsofiraportti.pdf

More health info in Finnish is available on the club's Health and breeding in Italian greyhounds page: https://www.sicry.fi/terveys-ja-jalostus-italiaanot

Health Lecture Videos

A search for genetic diversity among Italian Greyhounds from Continental Europe and the USA and the effect of inbreeding on susceptibility to autoimmune disease

(Full article available on BioMed Central -- Canine Genetics and Epidemiology) 

• http://cgejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40575-015-0030-9

Excerpt...

"Conclusions

It was concluded that artificial genetic bottlenecks have concentrated numerous genetic polymorphisms responsible for autoimmune disease and that these risk factors did not originate in a specific individual or bloodline of the breed. Rather, they were of ancestral origin in both purebred and random bred dogs and inherited by descent. Italian Greyhound breeders in the USA have several options to improve breed health: 1) breed against homozygosity within the genome and in the DLA region, 2) avoid breeding dogs that have suffered an autoimmune disorder, 3) increase diversity by incorporating the genetic differences that exist in IG from Continental Europe, or 4) outcross to other small sighthound breeds. The latter two approaches must be undertaken with care to avoid introduction of new deleterious traits and to maximize retention and dissemination of new genetic diversity."

We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.

Italy: Circolo del Piccolo Levriero Italiano: http://www.circolodelpiccololevrieroitaliano.it/

UK: The Italian Greyhound Society UK: Health page: http://www.italiangreyhoundsocietyuk.com/23342798

US: The Italian Greyhound Club of America: http://italiangreyhound.org/

Finland: Suomen Italiaanot ja Cirnecot ry: https://sicry.fi/: https://sicry.fi/

Sweden: Svenska Vinthundklubben: https://www.svvk.se/

                GRAINS: https://grainsweb.weebly.com/

France: Le Club Français du Petit Lévrier Italien: https://www.centrale-canine.fr/club-francais-du-petit-levrier-italien