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GalomyOak · 13-10-2010, 21:27

Mijke,

I am curious for those dogs listed as "Affected" - how many have shown symptoms of the actual disease (if we know)? In our database system for OFA in the US, dogs are listed as "At Risk" if they test positive for 2 copies of the gene - affected implies that the dog has been affected by symptoms/actual disease.

It would be interesting to follow these statistics as well (or maybe this is what the study in Bern is?)

Within our breed, have there been unofficial reports of affected dogs over the years?

13-10-2010, 21:27	#2
GalomyOak Howling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 436	Mijke, I am curious for those dogs listed as "Affected" - how many have shown symptoms of the actual disease (if we know)? In our database system for OFA in the US, dogs are listed as "At Risk" if they test positive for 2 copies of the gene - affected implies that the dog has been affected by symptoms/actual disease. It would be interesting to follow these statistics as well (or maybe this is what the study in Bern is?) Within our breed, have there been unofficial reports of affected dogs over the years? __________________ "What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."~Henry David Thoreau http://www.galomyoak.com