选择育种可能会培育出一种比狼跑得更快、视力更好的灵缇。

Selective breeding may result in a greyhound running faster and seeing better than a wolf.

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然而，在1984年至2004年间从灵缇赛犬的血浆测试中发现犬流感病毒（CIV）的感染可以被追溯到1999年。

However, serum collected from racing Greyhounds between 1984 and 2004 and tested for canine influenza virus (CIV) in 2007 had positive tests going as far back as 1999.

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高传染性的马流感病毒H3N8引起的犬流感最早被发现于2004年一月的举行于佛罗里达的灵缇犬比赛中。被感染的犬只发生呼吸疾病症状。

The highly contagious equine influenza virus H3N8 was found to have been the cause of Greyhound race dog fatalities from a respiratory illness at a Florida racetrack in January 2004.

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Greyhounds are supposed to be more passive and gentle than pit bulls.

我们觉得灵缇犬比斗牛犬,更温驯。

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If I told you that I decided to buy a greyhound instead of a pit bull because I wanted a dog of a gentle temperament, nobody would scream that I'm a dog racist involving--and--but honestly, it's a stereotype.

如果我告诉你我决定,买一条灵缇犬，而不是斗牛犬,因为我想要一条温驯的狗，没有人会说我是狗品种主义者,但说实话，这就是刻板印象。

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