Our Genetic Testing Info
Josey, Waylon and Wyatt are all 100% clear for the entire Paw Print Genetics panel (a test for 12 genetic diseases). Jane has also been tested, she is a carrier for just two. As long as Jane is bred to a male who is not a carrier, her puppies will not have the disease. All have been tested for various color and pattern traits as well as the shedding gene.
Please click on the round TESTED logo above to view test results.
Wyatt and Josey have also evaluated by an eye specialist and those results were recorded thru OFA.
Click on a dog's name below to see their eye evaluation status with OFA.
KCR's Wyatt Earp
Yeakey's Josephine Earp
Josey, Waylon and Wyatt are all 100% clear for the entire Paw Print Genetics panel (a test for 12 genetic diseases). Jane has also been tested, she is a carrier for just two. As long as Jane is bred to a male who is not a carrier, her puppies will not have the disease. All have been tested for various color and pattern traits as well as the shedding gene.
Please click on the round TESTED logo above to view test results.
Wyatt and Josey have also evaluated by an eye specialist and those results were recorded thru OFA.
Click on a dog's name below to see their eye evaluation status with OFA.
KCR's Wyatt Earp
Yeakey's Josephine Earp
Here is a list of the diseases we have tested for:
- Collie Eye AnomalyAliases: Choroidal hypoplasia, CEA, CH
- Cone DegenerationAliases: Achromatopsia, Cone degeneration 1, Day blindness, Hemeralopia, Rod monochromacy, CD, CD1
- Degenerative MyelopathyAliases: Canine degenerative myelopathy, DM
- Hereditary Cataracts (Australian Shepherd Type)Aliases: Early onset cataracts, Juvenile cataracts, HC, HSF4, JC
- HyperuricosuriaAliases: Urolithiasis, HUU
- Intestinal Cobalamin Malabsorption (Australian Shepherd Type)Aliases: Amnionless Deficiency, Cobalamin Deficiency, Imerslund-Grasbeck Syndrome, Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Multidrug Resistance 1Aliases: Ivermectin sensitivity, MDR1 gene defect, Multidrug sensitivity, MDR1
- Multifocal Retinopathy 1Aliases: Canine multifocal retinopathy 1, CMR1
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 6Aliases: Amaurotic idiocy, Batten disease, NCL, NCL6
- Progressive Retinal Atrophy, Progressive Rod-Cone DegenerationAliases: PRA-PRCD, PRCD
- Intestinal Cobalamin Malabsorption (Border Collie Type)Aliases: Cobalamin deficiency, Cubilin deficiency, Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome, I-GS
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 8 (Australian Shepherd Type)Aliases: Amaurotic idiocy, Batten disease, NCL, NCL8
Here is a list of the color, pattern and hair coat traits we have tested for:
What is a “Carrier” of a Recessive disease? - Copied from Paw Print Genetics
Recessive inherited diseases are those in which an individual must inherit two copies of a mutated gene (one from each parent) in order to develop the associated condition. Dogs inheriting two copies of the mutation are typically not recommended for breeding because even if bred to a dog that does not have the same genetic mutation, every puppy from the litter would inherit a single copy of the disease-associated mutation, thereby increasing the frequency of the mutation in the breed population to a significant degree.
Dogs inheriting one copy of the mutation from a single parent are considered “carriers” of the disease and will not develop clinical signs of the disease themselves. However, when bred with another dog which carries the same mutation, approximately 25% of the offspring will inherit two copies of the mutation and will be at risk for or affected with the associated condition. Therefore, in general, it is recommended to only breed a carrier to a dog that is clear of the mutation. Using statistics as a guide, this strategy is expected to result in a litter consisting of approximately 50% carrier offspring and 50% normal or “clear” offspring. Thus, avoiding the removal of the carrier dog and its unique combination of genetic variants that contribute to the overall genetic diversity of the breed while limiting the number of puppies born with the known, disease-associated mutation.
Recessive diseases are particularly troubling for breeders because dogs inheriting a single copy of a disease-causing mutation (“carriers”) do not show signs of the disease, but can produce puppies with the disease if bred to another carrier of the same mutation. When it comes to genetic diseases, Ben Franklin had it right when he stated, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” In a perfect world in which every dog breeder performed genetic disease testing on their breeding stock and made selective breeding decisions using these results, diseases caused by over 200 known canine genetic mutations could be completely prevented
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