The Beagle is a world-famous dog. It is the most popular dog in the United States and Japan. It is the prototype dog breed of the famous comic book Snoopy. In addition to being a pet dog and hunting dog, it can also be used as an experimental dog. Every year in the world The usage is about 100,000 pieces. Therefore, the editor believes that beagles deserve more love and care from pet owners. After all, beagles are using their lives to contribute to our human drug research.

1. History

The Beagle is also known as the Beagle. It is said that the Beagle has a deep connection with the British royal family. From about the 16th to the 17th century, there was a hunting trend in England. The British royal family has raised many famous dogs to accompany the royal family on hunting trips, and the short and powerful Beagles are trained to hunt small prey. Among small prey, rabbits are the most sensitive and precious, so rabbits are often an important object for Beagles to hunt. Because of the amazing results of beagles in hunting rabbits, they were dubbed the "rabbit killers". Over time, the beagles were also called rabbit hounds. It is also known as the "Bell of the Forest" because of its louder bark than other hounds. Later, the hunting trend gradually receded, and Beagles began to transform into family dogs. The lively and active beagle was not very popular when it first became a family dog. The reason was that it was too active and difficult to tame. However, with the help of professional dog trainers and veterinarians, it gradually adapted to human family life and finally became a beagle. Part of the family dog.

2. Function

At present, the beagle is the most commonly used experimental dog and has become the most standard animal in experimental research. This type of dog is mostly used for long-term chronic experiments. Abroad, it has been widely used in basic medical research work such as biochemistry, microbiology, pathology, virology, pharmacology and oncology (such as the etiology and treatment of cancer, etc.), and the use of pesticides Various safety trials, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, use this dog the most. Beagles have many advantages as laboratory dogs. First of all, the Beagle is moderately sized and easy to control. Moreover, Beagles are relatively healthy and have relatively good resistance among dogs. What's more important is the character of the Beagle. The dog has a lively personality and can still maintain an optimistic and cheerful personality even after several trials. Not only that, this dog is close to people and is not aggressive. Because this dog has good obedience, it is relatively cooperative when performing certain tasks and is easier to discipline.

In addition, Youpet editor believes that the reason why beagles were selected for experimental research is that beagles have relatively stable heredity and no hereditary neurological diseases. In addition, they have strong adaptability to the environment and strong disease resistance in experiments. As a result, beagles are used as experimental dogs by the international medical and biological communities. From now on, pet owners, please follow the editor and love the dogs around you, because they silently do more for us than we imagine without our knowledge.