In these breeds the disease results from abnormal or arrested development of the photoreceptors — the visual cells in their retina, and
affects pups very early in life.
Not exact matches
If the breeder is
very careful,
affected pups can be used wisely to prevent loss of quality, but still remove the
affected genes by only breeding the
affected pups to known non-carrier relatives.
Called «genetically clear», «noncarriers» or, more formally, «homozygous normals,» such dogs pass the normal gene on to all their
pups with a
very high probability - which means that their
pups have a
very low risk of being
affected with prcd.