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Vets asked to report Cesarean Operations

November 26th, 2010

25 Nov 2010
Veterinary associations are asking vets to start reporting cesarean operations to the Kennel Club in the new year as part of the profession’s commitment to improving dog health and welfare. Continue reading Vets asked to report Cesarean Operations

Genetics & Breeding strategies

September 6th, 2010

Essays for the dog breeder.

Follow these links to great book chapters on breeding and genetics by Dr. Thorpe-Vargas

Introduction: Dog breeding moves to the next level
Chapter 1: Extraordinary diversity
Chapter 2: A genetics primer
Chapter 3: What you get is not necessarily what you see!
Chapter 4: Ethics and breeding strategies
Chapter 5: The shallow end of the gene pool
Chapter 6: . . . → Read More: Genetics & Breeding strategies

Genetic Testing and Genetic Counseling in Pet and Breeding Dogs

July 3rd, 2010

A must read presentation from the 2010 WSAVA Congress by Jerold S. Bell, DVM (North Grafton, MA, USA) including the following topics:

Introduction
Genetic Tests
Genetic Counseling for Owners
Genetic Counseling for Breeders
Autosomal Recessive Disorders
Autosomal Dominant Disorders
Sex-Linked Disorders
Polygenic Disorders/Complex Inheritance
CLICK . . . → Read More: Genetic Testing and Genetic Counseling in Pet and Breeding Dogs

Inherited Diseases in Dogs : Cambridge University

July 3rd, 2010

This web site contains a guide to diseases/conditions of pure bred dogs which are likely to be transmitted wholly or partly through a genetic mechanism.

* Search the Inherited Diseases in Dogs Database
* How to use this site
* Selection of diseases
* Links to further sources of information

The site is not designed as a diagnostic system, and . . . → Read More: Inherited Diseases in Dogs : Cambridge University

Study Looks At Canine Cancer Genes

June 23rd, 2010

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/192574.php

Michigan State University veterinarians are taking part in a two-year, $5.3 million project to analyze five cancers in dogs, research that could offer new insight into canine cancer genes and their potential impact on the human form of the disease.
“Because purebred dogs have been selected to have specific physical and behavioral traits, their background genetics, within breeds, are very similar, with that ‘background noise’ suppressed, cancer genes are made more obvious.”Barbara Kitchell, director of MSU’s Center for Comparative Oncology said. Continue reading Study Looks At Canine Cancer Genes

Cure for Inherited Day Blindness in Canines

May 2nd, 2010

Gene Therapy Cures Canines of Inherited Form of Day Blindness, Penn Veterinary Researchers Say
April 21, 2010
PHILADELPHIA- Veterinary ophthalmology researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have used gene therapy to restore retinal cone function and day vision in two canine models of congenital achromatopsia, also called rod monochromacy or total color blindness.
Continue reading Cure for Inherited Day Blindness in Canines

Code of practice ; breeding animals

June 26th, 2009

From Victoria, Australia
Department of Primary Industries 2009

Breeding programs must consider the effects and ethics of high risk mating combinations that may, based on the principles of genetic inheritance, in theory produce animals with heritable disease. Where such heritable disease has potential to cause severe welfare issues for affected progeny such breeding programs must be justifiable. Affected progeny must be assessed and humanely destroyed if they suffer. Such animals must not be used for breeding. Continue reading Code of practice ; breeding animals

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