VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

BEAGLE

• The Beagle is a breed of small to medium-sized dog.
• A member of the Hound Group, it is similar in appearance to the Foxhound
• But smaller, with shorter legs and longer, softer ears.
• Beagles are scent hounds, developed primarily for tracking hare, rabbit, and other game.
• They have a keen sense of smell and tracking instinct that sees them employed as detection dogs for prohibited agricultural imports and foodstuffs in quarantine around the world.
• Beagles are intelligent, and are popular as pets because of their size, even temper, and lack of inherited health problems.
• These characteristics also make them the dog of choice for animal testing