Web addresses of labs that perform canine DNA testing:

 

Canine genome mapping (marker and gene locations on dog chromosomes)

http://mendel.berkeley.edu/dog.html

http://www-recomgen.univ-rennes l .fr/doggy.html

http://www. thcrc.org/science/dog_genome/map/map3/mapgroups.html

 

Registry of genetic disease for purebred dogs in the US and worldwide

http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/gdc/gdc.html

 

Information regarding AKC requirements for paternity certification

www.akc.org

search the site on "DNA testing"

 

PRA testing in Cardigan Corgis

http://www.cardigancorgis.com/PRAtest.htm

 

DNA testing for canine inherited eye diseases

http://www.optigen.com/

 

DNA testing for canine inherited diseases

http: //www. vet. upenn. edu/penngen/

http://www. VetGen.com/index.html

http://www.genesearch.net/

 

DNA testing for several domestic animal species, including dogs

http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/

for dogs http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/Service/Canine/

 

Table 1. Mutation tests for inherited diseases in dogs.

Disease

Breed

Test Laboratory

Canine Leukocyte

Irish Setter

Optigen LLC

Adhesion Deficiency

 

 

Congenital Stationary

Briard

Optigen LLC

Night Blindness

 

GeneSearch LLC

Cystinuria

Newfoundland

PennGen Laboratories

Fucosidosis

English Springer Spaniel

PennGen Laboratories

Mucopolysaccharidosis

German Shepherd

PennGen Laboratories

Myotonia Congenita

Miniature Schnauzer

PennGen Laboratories

Phosphofructokinase

American Cocker Spaniel

PennGen Laboratories

Deficiency

English Springer Spaniel

VetGen LLC

 

 

GeneSearch LLC

Progressive Retinal Atrophy

Irish Setter

OptiGen LLC

 

 

VetGen LLC

Progressive Retinal Atrophy

Irish Setter

GeneSearch LLC

 

Cardigan Welsh Corgi

 

Progressive Retinal atrophy

Cardigan Welsh Corgi

Michigan State U.

Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency

Basenji, Dachshund

PennGen Laboratories

 

West Highland White T.

 

Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency

Basenji

VetGen LLC

 

 

GeneSearch LLC

Severe Combined

Basset Hound

PennGen Laboratories

Immune deficiency

West Highland White T.

 

Von Willebrand's Disease

Doberman Pinscher

GeneSearch LLC

 

Manchester Terrier, Poodle,

 

 

Shetland Sheepdog

 

Von Willebrand's Disease

Doberman Pinscher

Vetgen LLC

 

Manchester Terrier

 

 

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

 

 

Poodle, Scottish Terrier

 

 

Shetland Sheepdog

 

Table 2. Marker tests for inherited diseases in dogs.

Disease

Breed

Test Laboratory

Copper Toxicosis

Bedlington Terrier

Vetgen LLC

Renal dysplasia

Lhasa Apso

Vetgen LLC

 

Shih Tzu

 

 

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

 

PRCD (Progressive Retinal

Labrador Retriever

OptiGen LLC

Atrophy, PRA)

Chesapeake Bay Retriever

 

 

Portuguese Water Dog

 

 

English Cocker Spaniel