Sentences with phrase «producing affected offspring»

An OptiGen - tested «Carrier» or «Affected» dog can be bred to a «Normal / Clear» dog without producing affected offspring.

In order to avoid producing affected offspring, at least one parent of any litter should be DNA tested and shown to be Normal / Clear of the mutation.

Valuable dogs carrying unwanted genes which formerly might have been removed from breeding programs could be bred because breeders could determine the genotypes of prospective mates and eliminate the possibility of producing affected offspring.

The results revealed the dog's genotype and enabled breeders to avoid producing affected offspring by not doing crosses which could produce them.

The relative risk (RR) of producing affected offspring was found to increase with the number of affected parents in the breeding combination.

In order to avoid producing affected offspring, carriers of the rcd1b mutation should never be bred to other carriers or to affected dogs (see chart below).

Through DNA testing we can control this genetic disorder now and avoid producing affected offspring.

Owners or adopters of non-purebred dogs can also help by sterilizing their pets before they become sexually mature to prevent any possibility of producing affected offspring.

If screening detects that a dog is predisposed to a genetic disease (or likely to produce affected offspring) and / or perhaps already in the early stages of the disease, then no breeding can take place under the scheme.

It is not a matter of simply avoiding Cyd and Jordan in a pedigree, as there are many unidentified carriers in the breed, and at present it is not possible to identify a carrier, unless it has produced an affected offspring.

When clinically normal dogs produce affected offspring, it strongly suggests the disease is inherited as a simple recessive (or potentially a polygenic — multiple gene) trait, and both parents carry one «bad» copy of the gene causing the disease.

Five litters (23 dogs) without affected dogs were born to matings between parents that had both been known to produce affected offspring.

Havanese which repeatedly produce affected offspring should be removed from the breeding program, and their offspring should not be used for breeding.

Animals that produced affected offspring were presumed carriers.

The University of Minnesota Canine Genetics Laboratory website also contains a portable document format (pdf) form detailing IM: Inflammatory Myopathy (Myositis) Test Result Interpretation which reveals, amongst other details, that both parents must be carriers to produce affected offspring.

A dog that is homozygous affected (meaning he has two copies of the mutation) will always produce affected offspring.

AFFECTED parent bred to a NORMAL parent will not produce any AFFECTED offspring, but all will be CARRIERS.

Carriers are not ill (they do not have anemia), but can produce affected offspring if mated to another carrier.

Not exact matches

We also DNA health test for DE / CC / EFS prior to breeding and can now avoid producing any offspring affected with these disorders.

Test breeding a suspected carrier to an affected animal will confirm carrier status if affected offspring are produced, but this is not a very practical solution.

In order to avoid producing crd2 - affected offspring, at least one dog of any breeding pair should be homozygous Normal / Clear (See chart below).

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.

I.e., in offspring produced by one affected and one unaffected parent the relative risk was 1.3 times higher compared to the risk in offspring produced by two unaffected dogs.

However, dogs with mild disease can produce severely affected offspring.

The dog has a coat with proper furnishings but can potentially produce offspring with Improper Coat if it is mated to another Carrier or to an IC affected dog.

In offspring produced by two affected dogs the relative risk was 1.4 times higher compared to offspring from the previously mentioned mating combination and 1.8 times higher compared to offspring produced by two unaffected dogs.

Only 3 of the affected dogs had an affected parent, and breedings between an affected and an unaffected parent could produce either all unaffected offspring or a mix of affected and unaffected offspring in the same litter.

It is important to never breed two dogs together that carry one or more copies of the mutation, in order to avoid producing offspring that are affected with BFJE.

Test breeding of epileptic dams and sires done by veterinary researchers have produced incidences of epilepsy in the offspring ranging from between 38 % (affected to nonaffected) to 100 % (breeding together of two affected dogs).

However, if an X-linked disease does not arise until an animal is breeding age, even affected males may produce offspring before the disease is identified.

In subsequent generations a carrier mated to a carrier, say, Cockapoo to Cockapoo (known as the F2 generation) could produce offspring which are affected by the recessive disease.

Excellent hips may produce dysplastic and affected parents may produce sound offspring.

Healthy dogs which produce multiple affected offspring, particularly with different mates, should be withdrawn from breeding.

If they should produce cataract - affected offspring, they should be pulled from breeding.

The people whose pets are producing unwanted offspring are seldom people who license their pets in the first place, so increasing license fees will not affect them.

There is little chance of eliminating all carriers from a breeding program since they are not apparent «until affected offspring are produced.

In other words, at least one of any breeding pair should be homozygous Normal / Clear of crd3 to ensure that no crd3 - affected offspring are produced.

A dog or bitch that has produced offspring with an inheritable disease, or that has a sire or dam affected by an inheritable disease is considered a carrier of that condition.

In order to avoid producing crd3 - affected offspring, carriers of the mutation should never be bred to other cd3 - carriers.

Retire from breeding any sire or dam who is affected with or has produced offspring with a known hereditary health defect unless said dog is used for the express purpose of testbreeding.

Fortunately the majority of their mates were Normal for prcd and so relatively few Affected offspring have been produced.

With an array of problems that may have a common end result of blindness, informed breeders will not breed affected animals because those with «mild disease» may still produce severely affected offspring.

The lesson here is that the only dogs whom we can say are carriers, are those who have produced affected dogs, or are the offspring of affected dogs.

Clear dogs have two copies of the dominant gene and they are incapable of producing an offspring that is affected.

There is no test for carriers, or way to identify carriers of CA, unless they produce an affected dog, or are the offspring of an affected dog.

• Not knowingly repeat a breeding of any pair of individuals who, although free from a hereditary defects themselves, have produced multiple afflicted offspring with hereditary defects that affect the quality of life of their offspring.

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.

Breeding strategies: In order to avoid producing I - GS affected offspring at least one parent of any litter should be DNA tested and shown to be Normal / Clear of the I - GS mutation.