Please review the general information
on prcd - PRA disease and inheritance as it applies to all of the breeds affected with prcd - PRA.
February 14, 2008 DKK Health Registry Announcement January 17, 2008 News Update
on prcd - PRA Testing in Europe January 8, 2008 Traduction en français des formulaires de demande de tests December 7, 2007 Normal to Normal Offspring Tested at Reduced Prices
Not exact matches
Based
on the settlement, Paw Print Genetics now holds the exclusive North American sublicense from OptiGen for PRA -
prcd, CEA, CSNB and RD / OSD testing in the U.S. and Canada.
The
prcd - PRA test is done
on a small sample of blood obtained by your veterinarian.
For any Spanish Water Dog and Australian Shepherds that does not have a diagnosis of PRA, OptiGen will accept samples for
prcd - PRA testing at the fee schedule viewable
on the website.
Failure to do annual eye exams through at least 10 years of age, or assuming that any retinal defect found can't be inherited because the dog or its parents have cleared the
prcd test has the potential to result in increased frequency of those other and presently rare forms of retinal disease because breeders are makng mating choices based
on false assumptions.
Multiple Tests for Labrador retrievers or Samoyeds not tested previously by OptiGen: There is a discounted price for ordering multiple tests
on one sample (e.g.
prcd - PRA and RD / OSD, or XL - PRA and RD / OSD).
To date, OptiGen has tested hundreds of golden retrievers from multiple lines and countries for
prcd - PRA and so we can now provide more extensive information
on the incidence of the disease in this breed.
The course of
prcd - PRA disease in the golden retriever is based
on a limited number of clinical cases however we have no reason to expect a different pattern than what is observed in most other breeds — i.e. that clinical symptoms are likely to be apparent to veterinary ophthalmologists by the time the dogs are 4 - 6 years of age.
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.
(Acquired retinal disease appears to be frequent in working dogs and could lead to mis - diagnosis of
prcd - PRA
on a clinical basis.)
The
prcd - PRA test is performed
on a sample of unclotted blood.