CRANIOFACIAL ANGLE IN DOLICHOCEPHALIC, MESOCEPHALIC AND BRACHYCEPHALIC DOGS - RADIOLOGICAL DETERMINATION AND APPLICATION

Observations on craniofacial axes and angles were made on fifty dogs b elonging to five breeds, by means of radiological techniques (lateral radiographs) and biostatistical methods. The craniofacial angles were found to be 25-26-degrees (greyhound), 19-20-degrees (pointer), 20-21- degrees (German shepherd), 13-14-degrees (boxer) and 9-10-degrees (Pek inese). Shortening of the head in brachycephalic dogs implies a more p erpendicular development of the cranium relative to the facial axis. T he possible application of these data in the determination of morpholo gical types in many fields is discussed.