The Zerdava (Georgian: მეკვერნე) is an aboriginal laika dog breed native to the Black Sea region of Turkey and Georgia.[1][2] Zerdava are traditionally used as guard and hunting dogs and are especially prized for boar hunting.[3][2] The name “Zerdava” is Slavic for mustelid, possibly in reference to their Marten-brown color or their treeing behavior when hunting martens.[3]
^"საქართველოს აგრარული ბიომრავალფეროვნება" [Georgian Mekverna]. Agricultural Biodiversity of Georgia (in Georgian). Retrieved 2022-08-13.
^ abÖzbaşer, Fatma Tülin; Atasoy, Fatih; Erdoğan, Metin; Yüceer Özkul, Banu; Özarslan, Bora (2020). "Morphological and Genetic Characteristics of Zerdava, A Native Turkish Dog Breed". Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi. doi:10.9775/kvfd.2020.24004. S2CID 226665063.
^ abSözüer, Özgün; Sivrioğlu, Ulaş Töre. "Some characteristics of a population of a Southern Spitz Dog, called the Zerdava, in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey, as a part of biocultural diversity, possibly to be identified as a "Turkish Laika"" (PDF). Primitive and Aboriginal Dog Society. 48: 1–27.
The Zerdava (Georgian: მეკვერნე) is an aboriginal laika dog breed native to the Black Sea region of Turkey and Georgia. Zerdava are traditionally used...
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