Sentences with phrase «more affected pups»

Properly identifying affected dogs and, where possible, determining the genotype for relatives, is vital to prevent producing more affected pups.

With the DNA test CEA can easily be managed in your breeding program without fear of producing more affected pups.

Not exact matches

Even the floor surface a pup is exposed to in the litter box, using stairs before 4 months etc. may affect how the hips develop so the more that is known helps.

Conversely we identify normal dogs to them with which they can continue their breeding programs secure in the knowledge that they won't produce CHG affected pups or more carriers.

Tick bites are also more likely to scab over, though the same can also be said for flea bites if your pup has been scratching and biting the affected area excessively.

If inheritance is complex, even more dogs might carry genes that could produce the disease if they happen to be mated with a dog that can «fill in the blanks» to produce affected pups.

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.

Snow depth over sea ice in spring affects the hunting success of polar bears on ringed seal (Phoca hispida) pups, but the relationship is more complicated than you might think and there is less data on this phenomenon than you would believe.