An assessment of dingo ancestry in camp dogs in Western Australia

T. L. Kreplins; D. Stephens; N. Laing; C. Oskam

doi:10.1071/ZO24008

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T. L. Kreplinshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6439-7858,^1,* D. Stephens,² N. Laing,³ C. Oskam⁴

¹Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, 75 York Road, Northam, WA 6403, Australia.
²Zoological Genetics, Inglewood, SA, Australia.
³School of Veterinary Medicine, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6050, Australia.
⁴School of Medical, Molecular, and Forensic Sciences, and the Centre for Biosecurity and One Health, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6050, Australia.

^*Correspondence to: T. L. Kreplins Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, PO Box 483, Northam, WA 6401, Australia Email: tracey.kreplins@dpid.wa.gov.au

Abstract

Hybridisation between Australian dingoes and domestic dogs is a controversial area of interest and research. An ongoing canine sterilisation programme in rural and remote Western Australia provided an opportunity to assess the dingo ancestry of camp dogs and opportunities for hybridisation. Blood samples were collected from 345 individual community dogs at 21 locations. Dogs were screened using 23 microsatellite loci and ancestry percentage assigned using an iterative Bayesian assignment algorithm. A single individual was a dingo, 96% were domestic dogs and 3.5% were hybrids. Camp dog and dingo hybridisation in these areas is of little concern in terms of conserving dingo purity.

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T. L. Kreplins, D. Stephens, N. Laing, and C. Oskam "An assessment of dingo ancestry in camp dogs in Western Australia," Australian Journal of Zoology 72(3), (10 September 2024). https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO24008

Received: 29 April 2024; Accepted: 22 August 2024; Published: 10 September 2024

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