Germany
"Konjunktivalprobe festgestellt"
"biopsy findings are only suggestive of CCL"
America, Great Britain and Switzerland
by postmortem or biopsy
offa.org/dnatesting/index.html
NCL/CCL
www.caninegeneticdiseases.net/CL_site/mainCL.htm
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www.caninegeneticdiseases.net/CL_site/ttNCLreq.pdf
www.tibetanterrierinternational.se/NCL%20CCL%20test%20Germany.htm
- this test does not test for certain, only the probably status
Michigan State University and Dr. Simon Peterson-Jones has asked us to
submit samples of PRA affected dogs. They need a minimum of 3 dogs.
They also need unaffected dogs 9 yrs or older with a current eye exam.
Here is an
excerpt from their request: "The form requests 8 mls of blood. People
can always send more if they feel comfortable. If I recall correctly we
have been working with a few smaller breeds and ask for 2 tubes of 6mls
of blood. The more blood we get the more DNA we get out of it and we
then won't have to worry about running out of samples. I have suggested
to some people with affected dogs that whenever the dog goes to the vet
have the vet draw some blood and send it to us then we have a constant
supply of blood from the same dog coming in (this can get quite
expensive though). It also doesn't say in the form that overnight
shipping is not required, 2 day shipping is fine. This cuts the cost of
shipping in half. I have also suggested that if the vet does not charge
for drawing the blood that the owner draws some blood, keeps it in the
fridge for a day or two then go back to the vet and draws some more
blood then send it to us. This combines 2 shipments and we would have
plenty of DNA to start off with. Or people can send in samples from
multiple dogs all at once to save on shipping"
The blood
collection form is available from Paige Winkle. You can reach her via
e-mail at winkle38@msu.edu.
Brenda Brown,
Chairperson
TTCA Health
Committee