Pituitary Dwarfism test for CsW is available!

Mikael · 24-07-2009, 23:57

Congratulations to everybody whit good results

How many dogs has been tested this far and can one say anything yet about how common the Dwarf gene is on the CsV breed ???

Or will there be a statistic report about the Dwarf gene, when enough data is collected ???

Very best regards / Mikael

Juniorwolf · 25-07-2009, 00:44

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Originally Posted by Mikael

How many dogs has been tested this far and can one say anything yet about how common the Dwarf gene is on the CsV breed ???

Take a look here : http://www.wolfdog-healthinfo.org/pageID_7976969.html

I guess the results of my dogs will be uploaded as soon as Mijke have time

Greetings Rolf

Mikael · 27-07-2009, 19:29

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Originally Posted by rolf

Take a look here : http://www.wolfdog-healthinfo.org/pageID_7976969.html

I guess the results of my dogs will be uploaded as soon as Mijke have time

Greetings Rolf

Thanks

Best regards / Mikael

mijke · 05-08-2009, 15:34

Thanks Rolf!

The test results of your dogs will be visible at the Wolfdog health site at the end of this week

Beside your dogs were also 11 in Holland registered CsW’s tested. This owners did use the blood sample form of the Dutch CsW club.
And on this form is that the results will be send to the secretariat of the club for publishing.
So I did wait a while for these results of the club, but till today I did not receive anything

I also did hear of the university that several people did not agree with publishing the info of the test results!

So the info was only send to the owners.

So the tests of these owners are worthless for the CsW breed!!

It is very, very sad and stupid, that there are owners who are making (expensive tests) and keep the results secret.

I hope in future the dwarfism test will be accepted and obligated by kennel organisations. So the results of this test will come, just like HD results, on the pedigree of offspring!

Nebulosa · 09-12-2009, 21:31

I saw the "actualization" at the nederland forum that we have already 30 dgs tested with the results published.
The results are very interessing for the breeders and I'm sure some people want to test his dogs for this, but the main problem seems to be... the price is too high for some people.
So I was wondering about, if we get one ammount of owners (upper than the actual number of tested dogs) willing to make this test in his dogs, would have the possibility of the university turn the price of the test lower?

jmvdwiel · 09-12-2009, 21:47

maybe they are willing to make a discount when you can give them 50 or more samples at one time?

Maybe Mijke can ask them, she is the one with the connections

But what do you think about the fact that there are 6 of the 30 dogs carriers of this gen?

Nebulosa · 09-12-2009, 21:58

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Originally Posted by jmvdwiel

maybe they are willing to make a discount when you can give them 50 or more samples at one time?

Maybe Mijke can ask them, she is the one with the connections

But what do you think about the fact that there are 6 of the 30 dogs carriers of this gen?

Was exactly the results which makes me worrie about the breed situation for this disease and ask about one possible discount.

I found the number of carriers too high for so few dogs tested, in a breed with small genetic pool like CzW its can means more serious problems than we tought.

mijke · 10-12-2009, 12:09

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Originally Posted by Nebulosa

but the main problem seems to be... the price is too high for some people.
So I was wondering about, if we get one ammount of owners (upper than the actual number of tested dogs) willing to make this test in his dogs, would have the possibility of the university turn the price of the test lower?

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Originally Posted by jmvdwiel

maybe they are willing to make a discount when you can give them 50 or more samples at one time?

Maybe Mijke can ask them, she is the one with the connections

I agree it is a high price to test a dog for this disease.

And of course I am willing to try to get discount when we are able to send 50 blood samples in one time.
But I doubt if it is really possible to send such an amount of samples in one time!

Maybe it is only possible when we collect blood on a event like World dog show

And I am willing to come over with a vet on such an event and take the blood samples for free! (owners then only have to pay for the test of the university)

And till that time I only can hope that more owners realize it is important to test their CsW.
A lot of owners are still thinking pituitary dwarfism is not a big issue in this breed, they don’t test.

But when 1/5 of the 30 tested dogs from different combinations/lines are carrier , it is probably a big issue in a breed.

And when a breeder counts €25 more for each pup they sell, with one litter they can earn the costs of a pituitary dwarfism test

24-07-2009, 23:57	#1
Mikael Scandinavian Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 1,089	Congratulations to everybody whit good results How many dogs has been tested this far and can one say anything yet about how common the Dwarf gene is on the CsV breed ??? Or will there be a statistic report about the Dwarf gene, when enough data is collected ??? Very best regards / Mikael __________________ _________________________________________________ Hronec, Rasty, Zilja Kennel, Wolfdog of Sweden* http://kennelwolfdogofsweden.vpsite.se/Home.html http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wolfdo...53067971392916

05-08-2009, 15:34	#4
mijke Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Warnsveld Posts: 2,033	Thanks Rolf! The test results of your dogs will be visible at the Wolfdog health site at the end of this week Beside your dogs were also 11 in Holland registered CsW’s tested. This owners did use the blood sample form of the Dutch CsW club. And on this form is that the results will be send to the secretariat of the club for publishing. So I did wait a while for these results of the club, but till today I did not receive anything I also did hear of the university that several people did not agree with publishing the info of the test results! So the info was only send to the owners. So the tests of these owners are worthless for the CsW breed!! It is very, very sad and stupid, that there are owners who are making (expensive tests) and keep the results secret. I hope in future the dwarfism test will be accepted and obligated by kennel organisations. So the results of this test will come, just like HD results, on the pedigree of offspring! __________________ Vriendelijke groeten, Mijke PS: I am not a moderator anymore!!

09-12-2009, 21:31	#5
Nebulosa Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Rio Grande do Sul Posts: 1,334	I saw the "actualization" at the nederland forum that we have already 30 dgs tested with the results published. The results are very interessing for the breeders and I'm sure some people want to test his dogs for this, but the main problem seems to be... the price is too high for some people. So I was wondering about, if we get one ammount of owners (upper than the actual number of tested dogs) willing to make this test in his dogs, would have the possibility of the university turn the price of the test lower? __________________

09-12-2009, 21:47	#6
jmvdwiel Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,061	maybe they are willing to make a discount when you can give them 50 or more samples at one time? Maybe Mijke can ask them, she is the one with the connections But what do you think about the fact that there are 6 of the 30 dogs carriers of this gen?