Sentences with phrase «carrier dogs from breeding»

If the incidence in IGs is similar, we clearly can't afford to cull every affected or carrier dog from our breeding programs.

Not exact matches

If everyone shares, and if breeders quit throwing stones at each other, and if the scientific community revises its often accusatory stance on breeding from carriers or even from affected dogs, H.E.A.R.T proves it can be done.

In these breeds, if a dog has inherited the gene responsible for PRA from only one parent, it will not develop the disease but will be a carrier of the trait — meaning that if bred, it can pass that gene on to its offspring.

You don't want to diminish breed diversity by eliminating quality dogs from the gene pool because they are carriers.

Breeders could then eliminate affected dogs from their breeding program and avoid breeding carriers to carriers.

The optigen test enables us to breed from carriers, provided that the carrier is mated to a clear dog, in the knowledge that none of the puppies will be affected.

It is acceptable to breed dogs that are carriers for PRA, providing the mate has been DNA tested as normal; and puppies produced from such matings are not at elevated risk to develop the disease.

But without knowing about the affected dogs in a pedigree, breeders are doomed to continue breeding proven carriers and other close relatives, to the misfortune of those who purchase puppies from these crosses.

For those diseases that lack carrier screening tests, once a case has been diagnosed the affected dog should be withdrawn from breeding.

This is useful for breeders as they can prevent the condition from being passed on to a litter by not breeding with a dog that is a known carrier of the brittle bone disease gene.

They zealously screened their dogs, eliminating not only affected animals but the healthy carriers from the breeding population.

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CERF Certification for Labradors or Samoyeds with Retinal Folds: The breeding advice for Labrador Retrievers and Samoyeds diagnosed with «retinal dysplasia - folds» will be changed from «No» to «Breeder option» if the owner of the dog provides the CERF office with results of the DNA test for the affected dog, showing that it is not a carrier of the oculoskeletal dysplasia (OSD) mutation.

To avoid producing NAD - affected puppies, breeders are encouraged to test their dogs before they are bred, and to refrain from breeding two carriers to each other.

So far this mutation has been detected in this breed only, with an estimated carrier frequency of 25 % based on a large number of samples collected form dogs originated from Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States.

To avoid producing GM1 - affected puppies, breeders are encouraged to test their dogs before they are bred, and to refrain from breeding two carriers to each other.

Now that a genetic test is available, quality carriers can be bred to normal - testing dogs, preventing any affected dogs from being produced.

We can hop that when dogs who are born today are ready for breeding over two years from now that we can test for carrier status.

This would allow development of screening tests to identify carrier and affected dogs so they may be removed from breeding programs.

OES do have a 30 % Carrier rate, which is significant and not far off from some breeds that have nearly double the rate of Affected dogs we see in OES.

To avoid producing SDCA1 - affected puppies, breeders are encouraged to test their dogs before they are bred, and to refrain from breeding two carriers to each other.

Results from the 1998 - 99 randomized study and from general screening during 1992 - 99 indicate that the frequency of affected and carrier ESSP dogs has decreased, but PFK deficiency remains a common problem in the breed.