Conformation. Medical search. Frequent questions

If you are looking for a Kerry for obedience competition, is it better to buy a puppy from conformation or obedience lines? (uskbtc.com)
If you are looking for an obedience dog, your best bet is to find a reputable breeder of conformation-quality dogs, insist on health clearances such as OFA and CERF for the parents, select a properly socialized, outgoing, inquisitive puppy, and go from there. (uskbtc.com)
The majority of the other current and recent standouts in obedience (Stellar, Max, Grits, Wheeler, etc.-all of which obtained CDX's or better and have been nationally ranked) come from primarily conformation lines as well. (uskbtc.com)

The AKC Conformation point schedule for 2023 has been posted on the website. (essfta.org)

Understanding and appraising a horse's conformation can be a way to look into a crystal ball for that horse's future suitability for eventing. (useventing.com)
Here's a collection of different criteria that a variety of young event horse specialists have shared that they use when evaluating a horse's conformation for potential success in eventing. (useventing.com)
says a horse's conformation should be taken into consideration in scheduling its trimming and shoeing. (americanfarriers.com)

BVA Policy position on extreme conformation" (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
As with BVA's #BreedtoBreathe campaign, this position too champions the vital role of the veterinary professions in influencing the reduction in the breeding of unhealthy animals with extreme conformation and improving health and wellbeing outcomes for current generations of animals, both at the individual and breed levels. (bsava.com)
Recommendations to achieve this range from supporting breeders to make responsible breeding decisions, performing corrective surgical procedures and participating in reporting schemes where they exist, to monitoring health records and reports, such as abattoir and Food Standards Agency reports, to identify the impact of extreme conformation in livestock. (bsava.com)

Conformation is discussed so frequently because it often is what makes horses better able to perform their job, or at least can help them have longevity in regard to performance. (thehorse.com)
Horses with good conformation are prized and usually more valuable than a counterpart with poor conformation. (thehorse.com)
In this article, we will discuss the good, the bad, and the just plain ugly aspects of conformation in horses. (thehorse.com)
Trainers that specialize in working with young horses can develop their own personal preferences for conformation. (useventing.com)
Their ground is much softer, and so the defects of a conformation in a horse's leg or foot or something like that would not impact those horses as heavily as they would in the United States. (useventing.com)
In this Ask a Trainer episode, World Equestrian Gold Medalist Matt Mills shares his insights on the ideal conformation and bloodlines in reining horses. (smartpakequine.com)
Apart from drawing on examples of extreme structural conformations in the canine and feline sectors, BVA's position covers examples in rabbits (lop-eared and brachycephalic), equines (miniature horses and 'cartoon' Arabian colts), ornamental fish (bubble-eye goldfish and fish bred for shortened bodies), reptiles ('Silk back' inland bearded dragons) and poultry (tibial dyschondroplasia in broiler chickens). (bsava.com)
He says that when horses with good conformation grow long feet, you should trim away excess growth and re-sculpt the hoof shape, to prevent dishing or rolled-under heels. (americanfarriers.com)
They each brought out horses to clearly illustrate horse anatomy - pointing out conformation flaws as well as correctness. (toconline.com)

What are some of the more common conformation flaws to avoid? (thehorse.com)

Instead, conformation in dogs is based on the dog type from which the breed developed, along with many details that have been added to the breed standard for purposes of differentiation from other breeds, for working reasons, or for enhancing the beauty of the animals from the viewpoint of the fanciers who wrote the breed standards. (wikipedia.org)
While it would be easier to fill the entire magazine with descriptions of desirable conformation for each breed or type of horse, instead we will concentrate on undesirable conformation, which practicaly is the same for all breeds. (thehorse.com)

Predicting the conformation of DNA from its primary sequence, although desirable, is a challenging problem owing to the polymorphic nature of DNA. (lu.se)

The design, synthesis and structural characterization of non-natural oligomers that adopt well-defined conformations, so called foldamers, is a key objective in developing biomimetic 3D functional architectures. (rsc.org)
The pathogenic mutation T182A converts the prion protein into a molten globule-like conformation whose misfolding to oligomers but not to fibrils is drastically accelerated. (ncbs.res.in)

Conformation in dogs refers solely to the externally visible details of a dog's structure and appearance, as defined in detail by each dog breed's written breed standard. (wikipedia.org)
Due to the great variability in dogs, there is no one standard of good conformation. (wikipedia.org)
good leg structure for a dog that must travel long distances will not be the same as good leg structure for dogs whose conformation requires short bursts of speed. (wikipedia.org)
The official term for dog shows, Conformation events evaluate dogs by how closely they resemble their breed's standard. (akc.org)
Drop-in" Classes for those planning to show in the Conformation Show Ring and for youth doing Junior Showmanship and are for purebred dogs only. (ccdtc.org)
The goal in this Conformation Class is to instruct skills to handlers and dogs required to enter your dog in a breed show. (ccdtc.org)
Conformation is open to puppies and adulst dogs. (forpetssake.cc)

Inheritance of some variant alleles causes a change in conformation of the alpha-1 antitrypsin molecule, leading to polymerization and retention within hepatocytes. (msdmanuals.com)

After screening a ligand against a library of fifteen different peptides, a unique peptide profile will figuratively illustrate the induced ER conformation. (umsystem.edu)

In order to understand protein structure to a sufficient extent for, e.g., drug discovery, no single technique can provide satisfactory information on both the lowest-energy conformation and on dynamic changes over time (the 'four-dimensional' protein structure). (tu-darmstadt.de)
Basic knowledge of protein structure: polypeptide conformation. (lu.se)

What is the Purpose and Use of Conformation Shows? (wikipedia.org)
In our breed shows, (we also call them conformation shows), the judges are looking for a dog's breed value. (germanshepherddog.com)
Pasa is holding three sets of conformation shows over three different weekends in 2010. (pasadogs.com)
From breed standards to which shows to enter to updates on the latest competitors, this is your one-stop resource for dog conformation information. (purinaproclub.com)

Conformation refers solely to the externally visible details of a dog's structure and appearance, along with the dog's expected temperament, which varies for each breed or type of dog. (wikipedia.org)
The dog's conformation (overall appearance and structure), an indication of the dog's ability to produce quality puppies, is judged. (forpetssake.cc)

Peptide profiling, a novel ER ligand screening assay, is a method that can potentially identify SERMS by correlating in vitro ER conformation with in vivo biological response. (umsystem.edu)
Each ligand was found to have a unique peptide profile and, implicitly, a distinct ER conformation. (umsystem.edu)

More than 50 people attended the latest Conformation Clinic held by the Thoroughbred Owners of California at Santa Anita on Saturday morning, May 12th. (toconline.com)

The animation displays a 'morphed' sequence of the solid-sate geometry, the global energy-minimum vaccum-structure, and the solution conformation of sucrose (capped-stick models, respectively). (tu-darmstadt.de)

Conformation, according to Ted Stashak, DVM, who wrote The Horseowner's Guide to Lameness , is the outline of a horse as dictated primarily by his bone and muscle structures. (thehorse.com)

DNA carries the genetic code of life, with different conformations associated with different biological functions. (lu.se)

develop objective, robust measures to contribute to the assessment of problematic conformation. (bsava.com)

Using molecular modelling and 2D NMR analyses, this work illustrates that covalent links and hydrogen-bonding interactions between side-chains can bias the conformation in favour of the α-helix mimicking syn -conformer, offering insight that may be more widely applied to control secondary structure in foldamers. (rsc.org)

Conformation events are intended to evaluate breeding stock. (forpetssake.cc)

the global energy-minimum geometry closely resembles the solid-state conformation. (tu-darmstadt.de)

A dog that conforms to most of the items of description in its individual breed standard is said to have good conformation. (wikipedia.org)
For details about contents of a breed's breed standard and what is considered good conformation for a particular breed, see the article about that specific breed of dog. (wikipedia.org)
Just like a lot of emphasis is placed on how to take a good profile picture for a dating website, the same goes into taking a conformation photo-from having the horse being properly balanced to the right angle and lighting to snap the picture. (useventing.com)
Many of them have very little knowledge of conformation, genetics, or other basic principles of good breeding. (uskbtc.com)

A new inhibited conformation of the KD is observed in a DFG-out conformation and with the glycine-rich loop adopting a structure that blocks ATP binding to the active site. (rcsb.org)

Wow, that horse has great conformation! (thehorse.com)
or "My trainer said not to buy that horse because he has such horrible conformation-he won't hold up. (thehorse.com)
Then there's the, "So what if the horse has 'bad' conformation, he can jump the moon. (thehorse.com)
However, conformation is not just straight legs, it also is about the length of the bones, the angles of the joints, and the proportions and overall balance of the horse. (thehorse.com)
Conformation is related to the breed and use of the horse. (thehorse.com)
Evaluating conformation can be done by looking at a photo of the horse or by seeing the horse in person. (useventing.com)
Presenting a horse for their conformation to be evaluated in person also reflects the same attention people might have when adjusting their posture or making sure they look their best right before a potential date walks in the door. (useventing.com)
I like a horse with an uphill conformation, higher in the withers with the head and neck coming out more or less at the top in front of the withers, not set too low. (useventing.com)
The very popular clinics are aimed at helping participants develop an "eye" for a horse by identifying conformation strengths and weaknesses. (toconline.com)
Attendees left with a packet of diagrams and information about horse conformation, free passes to the races compliments of Santa Anita, and a better overall understanding of what makes a "fast horse. (toconline.com)

Pre-Registration and payment for a class is required with exception of Drop-In Conformation Classes. (ccdtc.org)
Conformation classes are on a walk-in basis and are ongoing. (forpetssake.cc)

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has unveiled a set of guiding principles and recommendations today to support the veterinary profession in working collaboratively to tackle the health and welfare impact of extreme conformations across companion and farm animal species. (bsava.com)

By correlating a ligand's tissue specific estrogenic activity with its unique ER conformation, peptide profiling will not only further elucidate tissue-specific ER activity differences but could also be used as a high-throughput screening tool for other potential environmental xenoestrogens and identify novel therapeutic SERMs. (umsystem.edu)

The solution conformation of sucrose in water was investigated using molecular dynamics with explicit incorporation of water (sucrose in a truncated octahedron periodic box with 571 water molecules) and umbrella sampling techniques (GROMOS force-field [2] ). (tu-darmstadt.de)

update conformation with current coords. (rosettacommons.org)

Here, it has been shown that the pathogenic mutation T182A causes a drastic reduction in the apparent cooperativity and enthalpy of unfolding of the mouse prion protein (moPrP) under misfolding-prone conditions by converting the protein into a molten globule (MG)-like conformation. (ncbs.res.in)

The position follows from increasing concerns among the profession about breeding and conformation-related problems. (bsava.com)

Surprisingly, our comprehensive biophysical, crosslinking mass spectrometry and cryo-EM experiments revealed no major differences in the conformation of HTT-HAP40 complexes of various polyQ length, including 17QHTT-HAP40 (wild type), 46QHTT-HAP40 (typical polyQ length in HD patients), and 128QHTT-HAP40 (extreme polyQ length). (uni-muenchen.de)

Here, you'll find everything you need to know about conformation. (purinaproclub.com)

Delipidization reduces the fraction of dry keratin that is in the a-helix conformation, suggesting that lipids hold the keratins in a conformation conducive to optimal hydration. (cdc.gov)

Thus, HTT polyQ expansion does not alter the global conformation of HTT when associated with HAP40. (uni-muenchen.de)

For the aromatic oligoamide foldamer family, use of interactions between side-chains to control conformation is underexplored. (rsc.org)

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