DM Testresults

[draggar]

I agree, elf. There are (IMO) more improtant factors that need to be looked at like hips and elbows. Relatively speaking, DM is rather eacy to breed it out, any breeder can eliminate the disease on one generation (breed an a/a to a N/N - all puppies will be carriers) and eliminate the genes themselves (affected and carriers) in two generations.

Plus, it doesn't look like as high as a percentage of affected vlcaks contract the symptoms as in other breeds like Germans shepherds and they've noticed dogs who were on a diet where "fats" were listed early in the ingredients list had a much higher chance of developing symptoms.

The gene pool is too small, especially here in the USA, to eliminte any dog solely on their DM test results (but it is still extremely important to keep track of it!).

[Lorry - MLS]

Il va de soi que votre façon de voir les choses (et d'en tourner l'explication) va au final faire plaisir à plus d'un éleveur !

Chouette continuons de reproduire !

[wera]

exactly that was and is an apprehension of many breeders.
the only one mated N / N and by that, then the problem of inbreeding with their years and gets in a few episodes.

if the mathematically about 50% are from an N / DM x N / N breeding N / N.
then you have a couple of years away and the opportunity to get to race clean without the gene pool to shrink too much.

and there are many more points which are to be observed in a breeding. This includes HD, ED, standard and character, inbreeding, ect.

I think we are on the right path but it was also only a "small" number of dogs tested in relation to the total population

[Sherdor]

The 2 safe puppies (N/N) i have in my litter tested are very different than the others... they look like weaker than the carrier (N/DM) or the affected male (DM/DM) ...

That also means that a lot of gene are linked to the mutated SOD1...

... and if in one hand you think you could be safe according to DM disease, maybe in other hand, you can select also weak point of the breed !

(maybe it could also be coincidence... but who knows ?)

[elf]

Сообщение от Lorry - MLS

Il va de soi que votre façon de voir les choses (et d'en tourner l'explication) va au final faire plaisir à plus d'un éleveur !

Chouette continuons de reproduire !

Here is what Joan R. Coates said:

"The 'DM' allele is very common in some breeds. In these breeds, an overly aggressive breeding program to eliminate the dogs testing DM/DM or N/DM might be destructive to the breed as a whole because it would eliminate a large fraction of the high quality dogs that would otherwise contribute desirable qualities to the breed.
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Summary: We recommend that dog breeders take into consideration the DM test results as they plan their breeding programs; however, they should not over-emphasize this test result. Instead, the test result is one factor among many in a balanced breeding program."