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Bunbury, WA
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Genetic Testing
With increasing emphasis being placed on improving the health of purebred dogs, DNA testing is an important tool for breeders to help them make the best breeding selections and also for any pure or cross bred dog to detect disorders, as early intervention makes management of these diseases much easier. A list of the conditions currently tested for by our lab is given below as well as the breeds involved. The test is performed on a small blood sample. Not all the tests are applied just those which your breed of dog is susceptible to. As well as these test, tests for breed can also be performed to find out what your multi-breed dog actually is. DNA testing in dogs is well underway but is slowly gaining speed in cats as well so please talk to us if you need this for your cat. Arrythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Boxer Autosomal Hereditary Recessive Nephropathy Cocker Spaniel Canine Hyperuricosuria American Staffordshire Terrier Canine Leucocyte Adhesion Deficiency Irish Setter Centronuclear Myopathy Labrador Retriever Cerebella Ataxia American Staffordshire Terrier Collie Eye Anomaly/Choroidal Hypoplasia Australian Shepherd Congenital Hypothyroidism Toy Fox Terrier Copper Toxicosis Bedlington Terrier Cystinuria Landseer Degenerative Myelopathy American Eskimo Dog Dilated Cardiomyopathy Doberman Drug Sensitivity (includes Ivermectin) Belgian Shepherd Exercise Induced Collapse Labrador Retriever Factor VII Deficiency Airedale Terrier Fucosidosis English Springer Spaniel Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy/ Krabbe’s Disease Basset Hound GM1 – Gangliosidosis Portuguese Water Dog Hereditary Cataract Australian Shepherd (Dominant) L-2 Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria Staffordshire Bull Terrier Mucopolysaccharidosis Schipperke Muscular Dystrophy X-linked (MDX) Golden Retriever Myotubular Myopathy X linked Labrador Retriever Narcolepsy Dachshund Natural Bob Tail (short tail phenotype) Australian Shepherd Neonatal Encephalopathy Poodle (Standard) Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis American Bulldog Phosphofructokinase Deficiency American Cocker Spaniel Primary Lens Luxation Chinese Crested Dog Progressive Retinal Atrophy - cord 1 English Springer Spaniel Progressive Retinal Atrophy - Rcd1 Irish Setter Progressive Retinal Atrophy - prcd American Cocker Spaniel Progressive Retinal Atrophy – rcd 3 Cardigan Welsh Corgi Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Phosphatase Deficiency Clumber Spaniel Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency Basenji Thrombopathia Basset Hound Von Willebrand’s Disease Type I Bernese Mountain Dog Von Willebrand’s Disease Type III Scottish Terrier
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Since the sequencing of the canine genome was completed in 2004, many mutations responsible for inherited disease in dogs have been identified. This, in turn, has led to the development of DNA tests for a wide range of inherited traits in dogs and tests for genetic diseases in other companion species are also becoming available.