Factor VII deficiency 2010

It has been suggested recently that only clear dogs and bitches are bred from and that carriers are castrated or spayed. . We have to say this is the most dangerous and ill informed idea and as breeders we have a responsability not only to consider the health of our hounds but also to look at the bigger picture. Our place in all this has been well documentated but if anyone looks at the recent litters produced at Kilbourne you will see we have used carriers safely.

So many of genes will be lost never to be retrieved if our carriers are ignored.

There is a good reason for testing as this enables us to continue to avoid affected animals and safely use our carriers, which is a policy we actively follow. This in fact was the advice given by Jeff Sampson the KC geneticist at our Deerhound Club seminar.

It is quite simple if you don't breed carrier to carrier you will not produce a affected animal.

Some time in the future we may have the tests for other health issues and we will need all the genes we can get. We feel this has been an interesting learning curve and when we look at puppies with a view to including them in our breeding programme the result of their factor viid test is never a consideration.

NEW LAB FOR FACTOR VIID TESTING IN UK IS

CONTACT

June Swinburne PhD
Director
 
Animal DNA Diagnostics Ltd
William James House
Cowley Road
Cambridge, CB4 0WX

Tel: 01223 395577
Mob: 07870 456808
info@animaldnadiagnostics.co.uk
www.animaldnadiagnostics.co.uk
 
Cost in £33 including vat

there discount of 10% for multiples bringing cost down to £36

tHE WEB SITE WILL BE UP AND RUNNING SOON BUT FOR NOW THE INFORMATION I HAVE GOT IS TESTS WILL BEGIN EVERY MONDAY AND WILL TAKE 1/2 WEEKS

IF THE SWABS OR BLOOD ARRIVES ON A MONDAY OR TUESDAY THEY WILL BE DONE THAT WEEK IF LATER THEY WILL BE DONE THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

SUBMISSION FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON BUT FOR NOW PAYMENT WILL HAVE TO BE BY CHEQUE - INCLUDE ID DOGS NAME PARENTS OWNERS EMAIL ADDRESS
 

Tests in the UK are available and we have used this service and found it the cheapest and quickest. It is a German lab who are licenced by PennGenn. Please not we have no connection wth it other than using their service whioch we have found very spewewdy - we have had the results back in under 10 days everytime.

Laboklin Laboratory for Clinical Diagnostics

61 Mouldsworth Ave, Manchester M20 1GG 0161 282 30 66 - FAX 0161 4340253

Contact Mr Mansour Makki for FREE cheek swabs or EDTA blood tubes

FACTOR VIID

info@laboklin.co.uk

http://www.laboklin.co.uk/laboklin/showGeneticTest.jsp?testID=8151

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