Aussie thanks for the great news! I had heard they had it narrowed down to a pretty small area back in early May and where beginning to sequence the genes. Hope the test gets here fast, maybe then folks will quit breeding known producers.
But how about the diagnosis? I think that there is so much controversy on whether the dog has EIC or something else - will it actually help determine if the dog is affected or just a carrier?
Just to confirm Aussie great news here is an email from Katie Minor at UM, I received today.
Hi Michael, We believe we may have found it. Right now we are running additional tests to confirm our finding, but it looks like we may be publishing soon. All I can say about it, is that it looks to be autosomal recessive. Katie
There needs to be a process that provides full disclosure of test results like the CNM white list or some similar means of official public disclosure. While some involved in breeding have been forthright with health information about their dogs other breeders and owners of well-known studs have denied and continue to deny that there are any health issues related to pups produced by their dogs. Further they continue to breed as if there are no issues, damn the effect on the field Labrador breed. So now is the time that an outcry by the consuming public is needed to insure that politics do not result in private testing with no disclosure.
The CNM white list seems to be working. It is helping breeders, stud owners and pup buyers make informed decisions. Further, there seems to be a prevalent common-sense attitude that if a dog is not on the white list, then the dog is being treated like a carrier. Let's keep the pressure on for the eventual testing agency to commit to public disclosure of test results.
GD you are exactly right! At this point in time the number of carriers of EIC from popular studs is HUGE (50% of litter) to say the least and then don't forget about the affected! One only has to look at the classified section here on RTF to see the names of studs and bitches know to throw the gene. The sad thing is you are right, almost all the owners have been aware of the problems with their animals and have continued to breed (all in the name of bettering the breed). Well, for may years after the field trailing world has their EIC free dogs, thousands upon thousands of EIC carriers and affect will continue to be breed by plain old folks.
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