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List of Services
Sampling is easy: Oral Cheek Swab!VetGen is continually doing research on many different diseases and genetic traits. Below is a list of services that VetGen currently offers.
Genetic Trait Tests
Color traits
For many years geneticists and breeders have been aware of several "loci" that are responsible for the color patterns we see in dogs and other mammals. Each of these loci are known to be responsible for one or more traits either independently, or in conjunction with another locus. more
Non-color traits
Coat Length
While it is not a color trait, the length of a dog's coat is of interest to many. more
Furnishings
Furnishings refer to the variation of longer facial hair seen in all wire haired breeds as well as some others. more
Curly
A mutation responsible for curly coat in dogs has recently been identified in the KRT71 gene. more
sp & sw
S Locus-testing for particolor, piebald, and extreme white. moreGenetic Disease Tests
Albinism in Doberman Pinscher
Researchers at Michigan State University recently identified a mutation that is tied to Oculocutaneous Albinism in Doberman Pinschers. moreAHE
Alaskan Husky Encephalopathy - AHE more
CHA
Canine Hereditary Ataxia - CHA more
Catalase Deficiency
Catalase Deficiency more
CMR1 & CMR2
The tests for CMR1 and CMR2 offered by Vetgen are based on the work presented by Zangerl et al. at the fifth international symposium on "Advances in Canine and Feline Genomics and Inherited Disease. more
CMSD/PNA
Canine Multisystem Degeneration/Progressive Neuronal Abiotrophy more
CN
Canine cyclic neutropenia (CN), also known as gray collie syndrome (GCS), is an autosomal recessive disease. Both parents must carry the abnormal gene for the offspring to be affected. more
CNM
Centronuclear Myopathy (CNM) in Labrador Retrievers is a recessively inherited muscular disease. This disease was previously known as Labrador muscular myopathy. more
Chondrodysplasia - CD
Chondrodysplasia - CD more
Cobalamin Malabsorption
Cobalamin (B12) Malabsorption more
CT-Copper Toxicosis
Canine copper toxicosis ("CT") is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper accumulation which results in severe liver disease in several dog breeds. Unless specific anti-copper treatment is instituted, most affected dogs die at three to seven years of age. CT is, in particular, a severe problem in Bedlington Terriers. more
Cystinuria
Cystinuria in the Newfoundland dog is indicated by the presence of cystine stones in the kidney, bladder or ureter. Failure by the kidneys to reabsorb amino acids results in the formation of these stones. more
Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DWLM)
DCM is a disease of the heart that can result in sudden death of relatively young dogs. more
Dry Eye Curly Coat - DECC
Dry Eye Curly Coat - DECC... more
Degenerative Myeolopathy- DM
Degenerative Myeolopathy- DM... more
DWLM
Dandy Walker-Like Malformation Syndrome (DWLM) more
EFS
Episodic Falling Syndrome (EFS). more
Factor VII Deficiency
Factor VII deficiency is a generally mild bleeding disorder. more
Factor XI Deficiency
Factor XI deficiency is a clotting (coagulation) factor deficiencies that affects Kerry Blue Terriers. more
Fetal-Onset Neuroaxonal dystrophy
Fetal-Onset Neuroaxonal dystrophy... more
Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia
Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia... more
Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy (GCL)
Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy... more
Fucosidosis
Fucosidosis. more
Hemophilia A
FVIII deficiency, or Hemophilia A as it is more commonly known, is a clotting disorder which leads to excessive bleeding in affected animals. more
Hemophilia B
Hemophilia B is often a severe bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency of coagulation factor IX resulting in a severely affected blood clotting process. more
Hereditary Footpad Hyperkeratosis (HFH)
Hereditary footpad hyperkeratosis is an autosomal recessive skin condition found in certain breeds of dogs in which the foot pads become hardened, losing their normal elasticity, developing painful cracks that are prone to infections that can lead to lameness. more
Hereditary Nasal Parakeratosis (HNPK)
Hereditary nasal parakeratosis is an inherited autosomal recessive skin disorder found in Labrador Retriever. more
HN
Hereditary nephritis in the Samoyed is a dominant, X-linked disease that affects young male dogs more severely than females. more
Hyperuricosuria (HU)
Inherited hyperuricosuria causes dogs to produce urine with very high levels of uric acid. This can lead to bladder stones, and less frequently kidney stones. more
Hypomyelination
Hypomyelination ... more
Juvenile Cataract
There are several types of inherited cataract in the dog which vary in both their appearance and age of onset. The majority of these are inherited as autosomal recessive traits, but some are inherited as dominant or perhaps polygenic trait. more
L2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria (L2-HGA)
L2-HGA more
Malinois Behavior
Malinois Behaviour more
Musladin-Leuke Syndrome (MLS)
Musladin-Leuke Syndrome (MLS)... more
Macrothrombocytopenia (MTC)
Macrothrombocytopenia (MTC) more
Mucopolysaccharidosis
Mucopolysaccharidosis more
Myotubular Myopathy
Myotubular Myopathy more
Neonatal Ataxia (NA)
Vetgen’s test is based on the work presented by O’Brien et al at the 2010 Advances in Canine and Feline Genomics and Inherited Disease. more
Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy more
Neutropenia
Neutropenia more
Neonatal cerebellar cortical degeneration (NCCD)
Neonatal cerebellar cortical degeneration (NCCD) ... more
NCL-Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses are a group of an inherited autosomal recessive metabolic cell storage disorders caused by defective lycosomes, subcellular material that allows enzymes within the cell to process, use and discard unwanted and waste material. (Awano et al 2006) more
Neonatal Encephalopathy (NE)
Neonatal encephalopathy is a recessive developmental brain disease. more
Osteochondrodysplasia
Osteochondrodysplasia... more
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) - Brittle Bone Disease (BBD)
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) - Brittle Bone Disease (BBD) more
PDP1
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Phosphatase 1 deficiency is characterized by exercise intolerance and post-exercised collapse. more
PFK-Phosphofructokinase deficiency
Canine Phosphofructokinase (PFK) deficiency is an autosomal recessive genetic disease which prevents the metabolism of glucose into available energy resulting in exercise intolerance and muscle disease in Cocker Spaniels. more
PK-Pyruvate Kinase deficiency
Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency in Basenji dogs is an inherited lack of an enzyme (pyruvate kinase) in the red blood cells of an affected animal. more
Pituitary Dwarfism
Pituitary Dwarfism more
Primary Hyperoxaluria
Primary Hyperoxaluria more
PLL-Primary Lens Luxation
PLL is an inherited condition that affects many breeds of dog. It is characterized my movement of the lens away from its normal location in the eye. more
Greyhound Polyneuropathy (PN)
Greyhound Polyneuropathy is a severe and progressive disease which is found in show lines of the Greyhound breed. more
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA)
Progressive Retinal Atrophy-Overview more
PRA (GR_PRA1)
PRA (GR_PRA1)
PRA (GR_PRA2)
PRA (GR_PRA2)
PRA (rcd1)
PRA (rcd1)
PRA (rcd3)
PRA (rcd3)
PRA (rcd4)
PRA (rcd4)
PRA (crd4/cord-1)
Cone-Rod Dystrophy 1 - Progressive Retinal Atrophy (cord1 - PRA) is an inherited disease of the eye that affects the cone and rod cells that make up the dog's retina and often leading to blindness. more
PRA1
PRA1
PRA Type III
PRA Type IIIPrekallikrein deficiency, Fletcher factor deficiency
Prekallikrein deficiency, Fletcher factor deficiency. more
RCND
Renal Cystadenocarcinoma Nodular Dermatofibrosis (RCND) is a naturally occurring canine kidney cancer syndrome that was originally described in German Shepherd dogs. more
Sensory ataxic neuropathy (SAN)
Sensory ataxic neuropathy (SAN)
Canine Severe Combine Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCID)
Canine Severe Combine Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCID) more
Skeletal Dysplasia 2 (SD2)
Skeletal Dysplasia 2 (SD2) more
Thrombopathia
Thrombopathia more
vWD
von Willebrand’s disease has been identified in a wide range of canine breeds, and is the most common of the inherited bleeding disorders. As with humans, there are three classifications of this disease, Types I, II, and III. These are based on the concentration and nature of plasma vWF. more
Type I vWDVetGen scientists, in collaboration with the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, proudly announce the discovery of the mutation that causes Type I von Willebrand's Disease (vWD) and the offering of a DNA test to detect vWD in the above breeds. more
Type II vWDType II vWD is characterized by abnormal vWF, as opposed to low levels of normal vWF. This type is not as common as Type I, but a mutation causing it has been identified in some pointing breeds and Deutch Drahthaar. more
Type III vWDCanine von Willebrand's disease (vWD) in Scotties is an autosomal recessive genetic disease with a gene frequency estimated to be 15% of the Scottie population. more
Other Genetic Services
Profiling/Parentage/Storage
In addition to offering genetic testing services for the detection of color genes and of targeted canine diseases, VetGen offers other valuable services. These services, DNA Profiling, DNA Parentage and DNA Storage, can be ordered at the time a genetic test is requested, or at any other time, independent of other tests.
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Other Services
OFA Registration of Disease Test Results
OFA Registry. The Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (ofa), has created a voluntary registry for the results of all VetGen DNA disease tests. We encourage you to register your dog's test findings with the OFA. more