Sentences with phrase «produce affected puppies»

No one wants to produce affected puppies, and no wants to increase the number of carriers in the breed.
This means that each parent must carry an abnormal gene and that two parents who are not affected themselves may produce affected puppies.
However, if he were ever to be bred, his owners would want to make sure his mate wasn't also a carrier, as this could produce affected puppies.
Researchers have identified the gene mutation that causes NEwS, and a DNA test is now available that allows breeders to avoid producing affected puppies by never breeding two dogs to each other if they are both carriers of the abnormal gene.
If we have a dog that is a carrier for one or both disorders then we must breed to a clear dog to avoid producing any affected puppies.
Right now, the only way to identify a carrier is if it happens to be bred to another carrier, and produces an affected puppy.
There are several DNA tests to help guide breeders using these lines, so that they can avoid producing affected puppies.
An eye disease called pigmentary uveitis is of emerging concern in the breed, and while it is believed to have a genetic basis, at this time there are no satisfactory tools that breeders can use to be certain to avoid producing affected puppies.
If they ever produce an affected, we KNOW with certainty that they are a Carrier, and so is the other parent they produced an affected puppy with.
The ideal use of DNA tests is to prevent producing affected puppies, while at the same time maintaining genetic diversity and gradually decreasing the prevalence of the disease gene (s) in the breed.
This dog will be affected and will always pass on the defective gene, producing all affected puppies.
Identification of the mutation (s) that cause JRD will permit development of a genetic test so that breeders can avoid producing affected puppies, and early identification of affected dogs without clinical signs may also lead to more effective therapeutic intervention.

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Carrier dogs should only be mated to clear dogs so as to avoid producing BFJE affected puppies.
To date we have received samples from 12 dogs known to have produced CHG affected puppies, what we call obligate carriers, and every one has come up as a carrier on the laboratory test.
As long as a carrier is bred to a clear all the puppies produced will either be clear or a carrier and either way none of the puppies will ever exhibit symptoms or become affected for these two disorders.
Therefore, we only test puppies that we are holding on to longer as show prospects and since we have already taken the precautions in which dogs we have paired together before the breeding we will only be producing clear or carriers and therefore none of our puppies will ever be affected by these disorders specifically.
Her other mates were probably not carriers, so 50 % of the puppies were normal, 50 % were carriers, but no affected dogs were ever produced.
On average, 50 % of such a litter will be clear and 50 % carriers; there can be no affected puppies produced from such a mating.
This then setup the situation where for the first time, Cyd was bred to a carrier, and affected puppies were produced.
Many sires, both affected and unaffected, produce far more offspring than the recommended limit of 105 puppies, which makes it quite difficult to measure the effect of preventive actions, and to control inherited diseases, such as distichiasis, within a population.
Breeding two carriers can produce affected animals which cause suffering and death in young puppies.
If a puppy has TSCA, Toy Sheltie Club of America, registration papers, all genetic testing has been done by the breeder and the pairing has been confirmed suitable (will not produce an «affected» puppy) by the TSCA.
This mode of inheritance means that one affected dog crossed with one normal dog will produce puppies of which half, on average, will have the disease.
Breeding Is Safe — No Affected puppies will be produced.
Although the disease is rare in general, within an affected line it is important to control the gene frequency so as to prevent producing puppies affected with the disease.
This was problematic as many affected dogs do not actually develop signs of the disease until they are getting on in years, and have already produced puppies.
While no breeder can guarantee that he or she will never produce a puppy affected with an eye disease, the frequency of these diseases could be reduced if breeders would take action, both individually and cooperatively.
Again, there is no test available to determine if a Beagle will be affected by or carry the gene (s) for IVDD, so Beagle breeders should avoid breeding dogs who are known to have IVDD or produce puppies affected with IVDD.
Breeding Is Safe - No Affected puppies will be produced.
Due to random assortment of gametes and the relatively small litter size, the actual percentage of puppies affected with NAD produced in Carrier to Carrier mating often deviates from the expected 25 %.
This ensures that if a potential breeding dog is a carrier of a specific disease - carrying gene that safety measures are put in place to prevent producing puppies affected by it.
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.
However, by using the new DNA test, breeders can test their breeding stock, and, based upon this test, breed appropriately to prevent affected puppies from being produced.
A carrier, if bred to another carrier, will produce on average one affected puppy, two carriers, and one clear puppy for every four puppies produced.
By using the new DNA test, breeders can test their breeding stock, and, based upon this test, breed appropriately to prevent affected puppies from being produced.
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.
While this act may intend to regulate high volume or internet sales of dogs or puppies, the bill as currently written will affect breeders who may co-own a number of dogs that may produce fifty (50) or more puppies in a year under existing USDA dog dealer regulations.
Expected average results based on at least 16 puppies: An AFFECTED parent will aslways produce CARRIER offspring.
Expected average results based on at least 16 puppies: CARRIER to CARRIER breedings will produce 25 % AFFECTED offspring, 25 % NORMAL offspring, and 50 % CARRIER offspring.
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.
The sire of this dog was one of the animals that had produced RD affected puppies, and was inferred as having at least one copy of mutant allele 1 based on examination of the remainder of the littermates of the carrier dog that was identified.
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