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The Wizard’s Koga Tāne

New Guinea Singing Dog

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“The New Guinea Singing Dog is the rarest dog species in the world. Tāne is the name given to the Māori and Polynesian god of the forests. Pronounce it as taah-neh.”

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New Guinea Singing Dog

The New Guinea Singing Dog is the rarest breed in the world. These dogs have very ancient origins and share a strong resemblance to the Australian dingo.

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Changes to this dog’s profile
  • On 8/1/2020 changed handle from "thewizardskogataine" to "thewizardskogatane"
  • On 8/1/2020 changed name from "The Wizard’s Koga Taine" to "The Wizard’s Koga Tāne"

Health Summary

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The Wizard’s Koga Tāne has one variant that you should let your vet know about.

ALT Activity

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The Wizard’s Koga Tāne inherited both copies of the variant we tested

Why is this important to your vet?

The Wizard’s Koga Tāne has two copies of a variant in the GPT gene and is likely to have a lower than average baseline ALT activity. ALT is a commonly used measure of liver health on routine veterinary blood chemistry panels. As such, your veterinarian may want to watch for changes in The Wizard’s Koga Tāne's ALT activity above their current, healthy, ALT activity. As an increase above The Wizard’s Koga Tāne’s baseline ALT activity could be evidence of liver damage, even if it is within normal limits by standard ALT reference ranges.

What is ALT Activity?

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is a clinical tool that can be used by veterinarians to better monitor liver health. This result is not associated with liver disease. ALT is one of several values veterinarians measure on routine blood work to evaluate the liver. It is a naturally occurring enzyme located in liver cells that helps break down protein. When the liver is damaged or inflamed, ALT is released into the bloodstream.

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Through The Wizard’s Koga Tāne’s mitochondrial DNA we can trace his mother’s ancestry back to where dogs and people first became friends. This map helps you visualize the routes that his ancestors took to your home. Their story is described below the map.

Haplogroup

A2

Haplotype

A222

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A2

The Wizard’s Koga Tāne’s Haplogroup

A2 is a very ancient maternal line. Most likely it was one of the major female lines that contributed to the very first domesticated dogs in Central Asia about 15,000 years ago. Some of the line stayed in Central Asia to the present day, and frequently appear as Tibetan Mastiffs and Akitas. Those that escaped the mountains of Central Asia sought out other cold spots, and are now found among Alaskan Malamutes and Siberian Huskies. This lineage is also occasionally found in several common Western breeds, such as German Shepherds and Labrador Retrievers. Curiously, all New Guinea Singing Dogs descend from this line. These are an ancient and very interesting breed found in the mountains of Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, they are now endangered. They are closely related to the Australian dingo, so you could say its cousins are dingos! This line is also common in village dogs in Southeast and East Asia. Unlike many other lineages, A2 did not spread across the whole world, probably because it did not have the opportunity to hitch its wagon to European colonialism - or because these dogs just prefer hanging out in mountains, tundras, islands, and other hard-to-reach places!

A222

The Wizard’s Koga Tāne’s Haplotype

Part of the A2 haplogroup, this haplotype occurs most commonly in New Guinea Singing Dogs.

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Dingos commonly possess this haplogroup.

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Through The Wizard’s Koga Tāne’s Y-chromosome we can trace his father’s ancestry back to where dogs and people first became friends. This map helps you visualize the routes that his ancestors took to your home. Their story is described below the map.

Haplogroup

C

Haplotype

Hb.1

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The Wizard’s Koga Tāne’s Haplogroup

C is a relatively rare paternal lineage. The dog populations which bear C are a disparate bunch. The Akita and Shiba Inu are Japanese breeds, the former of which seems to have roots in the Jomon population of hunter-gatherers which were present in the islands of Japan before the ancestors of the modern Japanese arrived. The New Guinea Singing Dog, Samoyed, and Alaska Malamute are all disparate breeds that also represent the C lineage. One village dog from Peru also bore this lineage. This wide distribution and diversity suggest C is not a recently expanded lineage. It likely represents a canid lineage which diversified sometime around the Last Glacial Maximum, when the dogs of Siberia and Oceania split off and went their separate ways.

Hb.1

The Wizard’s Koga Tāne’s Haplotype

Part of the C haplogroup, this haplotype occurs most commonly in New Guinea Singing Dog.

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The Shiba Inu descends from this relativey rare haplogroup.

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