Livestock Studies 2014, Vol 54, Num, 1     (Pages: 033-038)

Senses of Dog

Fatih ATASOY 1 ,Evren ERDEM 2

1 Ankara Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Zootekni Anabilim Dalı, Ankara
2 Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi, Zootekni Anabilim Dalı, Kırıkkale
- Behavior in animals is formed to interaction with their environment via sense of seeing, hearing, smelling and touching. Beside of its interaction with environment senses in the dog are developed particularly to determine location of prey and hunting it. These senses are ranked by its importance of interaction with environment as; smelling, hearing and vision respectively. Also humans benefit from these senses in many different conditions like hunting, criminal trailing and arrest, narcotic operations, natural disasters predetermination, supported disabled humans and search and rescue services. This review aimed to provide information for breeders on dog`s sensory organs and dog`s sense. Keywords : Dog, Sensory Organs, Sense