Determination of the cephalic index and cephalic biotype in Cuban hybrid dogs

Abstract

This work was carried out in the IPA "Manuel Simón Tamez Guerra´s laboratory in Guantanamo province, with the objective of determining the cephalic index and cephalic biotype of the Cuban hybrid dog; for this purpose, there were used a total of 10 hybrid canines with similar morphological characteristics, different sizes, which heads were measured in order to determine the total cephalic index and cephalic biotype of this canine variety. Measurements were made according to Sisson and Grossman (1974) and Getty et al. (1982, 2002). Although this variety of Cuban hybrid dogs is originated from the undiscriminated crossing of countless breeds, they all have a very similar head rate ranging from 63.16 to 72.7, indicating that their cephalic biotype can be classified as Mesocephalo.