On this moment only these DNA gene test are available for the CsW breed:
- Dwarfism
- DM (Degenerative Myolopathy)
- MH (Maligne Hyperthermie)
A lot of other DNA tests like for example MDR1 are not yet validated for the CsW breed.
Also several research labs in different countries are (for example) working on DNA tests for PRA, Epilepsy and HD.
More info about DM is to find on English forum in the topic about
DM in my threads 1, 5 and 9
Movies that shows what is DM like are for example
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In the past I did write something on the English forum about labs and DNA storage:
A lot of laboratories all over the world are working on several new tests for dog diseases.
Of course labs are commercial, so they are developing tests because there is a market for this.
For all the labs, dog owners and dog clubs are a very interesting group, because they have not real commercial /market goals.
Most of these labs are asking dog owners to send for free EDTA blood to do their investigations.
And when they have developed a test the same dog owners can pay a lot for this test!
Most of the labs (and university's!) are asking 4ml EDTA blood for a genetic test (or for developing a new test).
But to be honest they only need 1 mg to distillate DNA. And the rest of the blood sample they can use for other test of themselves.
So the most attractive deal for a lab is to receive hundreds of blood samples of the same breed of group!! (So I do understand the request of the lab that did ask for blood of 500 CsW's for HD DNA research!)
But groups of owners and breed clubs (who can collect a lot of samples for research purposes), can also negotiate with several labs!
They can offer them a lot of blood samples for free for research for a specific test. And in exchange for this, they can ask for a reduced price (for all owners who did cooperate) when this test is available.
All kind of labs have tests for different diseases. (there is not a lab who have all the tests for a breed) So they can make their own price for a test. Only sometimes there is a competition because they have developed the same test. (for an other breed there was a test for 250 dollar in US and now the same test in Europe is available for 90 euro )
That is why I am now also working at cooperation with a lab who did make good offer for storage EDTA blood for all CsW's.
The owner of the dog remain also owner of the stored blood and can decide which test he wants to make. So an owners only has to send one time 4 ml EDTA blood and of the DNA distillations a lot of test can be made (in all the labs the owner wishes).
In a few weeks I will have all the info and can explain more.