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Dr. Mary Whiteley has updated the Renal Dysplasia page on her website.
The information is easy to read, yet jam-packed with information.

Renal Dysplasia DNA Test Now Available

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From Dr. Catherine Marley:
RENAL DYSPLASIA UPDATE:
March 2007

Good news from Dr. Whiteley! She has results coming out now on the test for the “C” mutation. The previously seen sequence mutations “A” and “B” that affected the same gene seem now to have represented alteration in the nucleotides of the gene, peculiar to Lhasas and [...]

An “Above all, do no harm” Approach

Written by Leslie Baumann to the apsobreeders list.
 In my opinion, when we had more clears in the breeding population, the breed actually had a greater chance of bottlenecking on those dogs. If we all started out with plenty of clears, our human tendency would be to ditch the carriers, removing all sorts of worthwhile strains [...]