diademchis
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| | 03/17/10 at 10:07 AM | Reply with quote | #1 |
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Hi,
I would like to pass this new information on to all of you.
Liz Moore
Blue coat colour & DNA- test again ;-)
Posted by: "Rebecca Hassler" rebeccahassler@web.de
Date: Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:48 am ((PDT))
Dear Members & Breeders!
As some of you may remember, we had a very interesting discussion about a Gene-test for the Blue-colour-disease called “CDA”:
Professor Dr. Tosso Leeb in Berne (Suisse), offered to develop
DNA-Test for Russkiy Toys.
He is currently doing a research of CDA in various breeds. For
some bigger breeds, he already has great results that has helped alot of breeders!!
Although we had a lot of positive feedback in our last
discussion, only few samples has been sent to Dr.Leeb yet. So, I want to take the chance to make a short summary of the pofits of these test:
1.) What does Professor Dr. Tosso Leeb offer?
- He offers to develop a CDA- Gene Test especially for Russkiy
Toys. This test is normally VERY expensive, and has to be payed by one or few private breeders. Professor Dr. Tosso Leeb offers to make this Gene-Test for FREE!!
- There will be no extra- costs for you in developing the test.
- The test will be 100% anonym!!
- Only you will get the result of your dog(s)!!
- YOU can decide if you want to share the results of your dogs to public or not. It is up to you alone, and if you do
not want to share the results- nobody will ever know..
2.) What are my profits? Why should I do this?
- Again: This test is 100% anonym. You have nothing to loose- and everything to win!!
- As soon as the DNA-test is developed, you will have much more power in breeding blue or lilac dogs: Wich this test,
you can improove the quality of your blue& lilac dogs in just a
few generations, instead of still stepping in the dark..
- You can use much more blue and lilac dogs in your breeding programm: If you have a litter, you can make the DNA-test for all the blue or lilac puppies and decide right after birth which one is going to stay in your stock :-).
- There would be no risk anymore to destroy your breeding work of the past generations , just because you kept the sick dog in your breeding programm and sold the healthy ones..
- You can use the positive results to make them public (if you want). This will you to make your stud dogs & offspring more popular :-) !
3.) What does Professor Dr. Tosso Leeb need?
He needs:
- Blood samples (or skin Biopsies) of minimum 20 Blue or Lilac Dogs that are at least 2 Years old and having no bald patches on the body, throat and ears.
- Blood samples (or skin Biopsies) of minimum 20 Blue or Lilac Dogs that are at least 2 Years old and showing bald patches on the body, throat and ears.
Please note: Developing the gene-test can only be done if the
Professor gets enough samples of affected dogs too! Professor Leeb needs to compare the DNA of these 2 types (healthy & affected), to develop the Gene-Test and find out the sick gene. So, we need the "bald ones" as much as the "coated ones"! Also, the test can only be done when the professor gets blood of adult animals (2 years or more). Younger dogs can not be used to create a safe gene-test.
If we Breeders want to get a Gene- test that is 100% sure, we need to sent the Professor samples from adult dogs
only!! With younger dogs, we will only get a wrong result, and
can not use the Gene-Test in future for our breeding programm..
4.) What do I have to do?
If you are the owner of a blue or lilac dog that is at least 2
years old, please :
- Print the 2 sheets in the annex out, take your dog(s) and
visit your vet.
- Let your vet take the blood samples (or skin biopsies)
- Ship the samples to Professor Leeb (or ask your vet to do it)
Adress is:
Prof. Dr. Tosso Leeb
Institute of Genetics
Bremgartenstr. 109a
3012 Berne
Switzerland
I want to thank every single one of you who will support this
important work!!
It’s the only chance to safe the beautiful colours Blue &
Lilac for Breeding in the future. Ohterwise sooner or later, breeding with these colours will be Prohibited by the
FCI.
It already is in some breeds, because breeders failed to react
soon enough.. I hope we will not make the same mistake..
/Rebecca
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lovingmom
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Registered: 10/29/09
Posts: 14
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| | 03/17/10 at 10:56 AM | Reply with quote | #2 |
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Good news! Thank you Liz! Hopefully breeders with these colors act fast. |
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