Sentences with phrase «tests used in their breeding program»
This article is meant to better your understanding in the event you ask your breeder about the health tests used in their breeding program.
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Due to the enormous expense involved, breeders usually only test the dogs that are used in a breeding program.
Use of canine genetic testing in breeding programs.
It provides information to allow breeders to use DNA tests available for the breed, in their breeding programs.
Testing for this genetic condition has been helpful in reducing the number of Greyhounds affected by neuropathy, as Greyhounds that carry these genetic traits should not be used in any dog breeding program.
Because clinical signs may not appear until well after a dog is used in a breeding program, it is essential to test for hypothyroidism before a dog is bred.
Brave New World describes various types of DNA tests and how they can be used in your breeding program.
As JME is a potentially fatal condition, it is highly recommended all Rhodesian Ridgebacks to be used in a breeding program are tested.
The CHIC program helps breeders evaluate dogs to use in their breeding programs, it helps buyers pick breeders who do health testing and verifies that a pup's parents have been screened.
DNA from these dogs was submitted mainly for coat color or hyperuricosuria mutation testing and used in breeding programs.
The current version of the AAHA - AVMA Canine Preventive Healthcare Guidelines recommends the use of genetic testing in dogs and if I see one of the breeds on the list for a MDR1 mutation, I would test that dog prior to administering chemotherapy, if the test had not be performed as part of a preventive healthcare program.
In this program, the breeder tests thyroid again just prior to using the dog for breeding.
This document by the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, Inc. explains the importance of using health testing in breeding programs.