Epilepsy and wolfdogs!?

jmvdwiel · 09-11-2008, 14:03

In holland there is a very small breed the dutch Schapendoes. They had a severy problem with PRA, al the breeders, owners and the club agreed that this was a big problem. So they did something about it! They found a DNAmarker, so now there are no new PRA dog born anymore, in the future they wil try to get rid of the problem DNA totally.

This is only to tel you what is possible if al breeders work together!
Why not try to make the largest DNA datapool ever ? collect some blood from a lot of CSecloslovakian wolfdog, maybee even try to do it when the puppies are stil at the breeders place. Store the DNA (blood samples) in a special laboratory so it is there whenever there is a reason to look at it.

I hope that something can be done, but than you wil need the cooperation from the breeders and the owners.

greetings Judith

09-11-2008, 14:03	#20
jmvdwiel Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,061	In holland there is a very small breed the dutch Schapendoes. They had a severy problem with PRA, al the breeders, owners and the club agreed that this was a big problem. So they did something about it! They found a DNAmarker, so now there are no new PRA dog born anymore, in the future they wil try to get rid of the problem DNA totally. This is only to tel you what is possible if al breeders work together! Why not try to make the largest DNA datapool ever ? collect some blood from a lot of CSecloslovakian wolfdog, maybee even try to do it when the puppies are stil at the breeders place. Store the DNA (blood samples) in a special laboratory so it is there whenever there is a reason to look at it. I hope that something can be done, but than you wil need the cooperation from the breeders and the owners. greetings Judith