Post by cummel on Apr 19, 2009 10:43:38 GMT 1
Hi all,
recently we hear about the appearance of shaking puppies in a few litters here in Belgium, The Netherlands and France.
Looking for informations about it I found this, already dating from 2005:
It is VERY COMMON in the American lines and there has been a push recently to get this syndrome studied. The WCA matched donations to get an official study done on it. There is also an official test breeding recently done in order to collect DNA and help identify a marker.
Many here know of the most prominent dogs used here that are known carriers, and I will tell you that it is hard to find an American dog without these bloodlines somewhere in the pedigree. They are in show lines, as far as I know are not in our field lines.
They believe that the inheritance is autosomal recessive, and I'll guess that that is what the study outcome is going to show. There are enough breeders here that have been tracking this and known carriers that it's a pretty good guess.
Anne
How is the situation in other countries? Any new developments in research about it in the US or elsewhere? Is there a test to determine carriers? Should somebody breed with a known carrier at all?
Dorit & Cummel
recently we hear about the appearance of shaking puppies in a few litters here in Belgium, The Netherlands and France.
Looking for informations about it I found this, already dating from 2005:
It is VERY COMMON in the American lines and there has been a push recently to get this syndrome studied. The WCA matched donations to get an official study done on it. There is also an official test breeding recently done in order to collect DNA and help identify a marker.
Many here know of the most prominent dogs used here that are known carriers, and I will tell you that it is hard to find an American dog without these bloodlines somewhere in the pedigree. They are in show lines, as far as I know are not in our field lines.
They believe that the inheritance is autosomal recessive, and I'll guess that that is what the study outcome is going to show. There are enough breeders here that have been tracking this and known carriers that it's a pretty good guess.
Anne
How is the situation in other countries? Any new developments in research about it in the US or elsewhere? Is there a test to determine carriers? Should somebody breed with a known carrier at all?
Dorit & Cummel
