Genetic Testing in Dogs Can Predict If Dogs Are At Risk for Diseases

Genetic testing in dogs can now predict if your dog is at risk for developing certain genetic diseases. The study also sheds some insight on genetic diseases in mixed-breed vs. purebred dogs. Jackie Brown | Sep 24th 2018 A recent study — the largest ever of its kind — looked at 100,000 dogs and found that genetic testing can predict if an individual dog is at risk for developing certain genetically linked diseases.

Μια πρόσφατη μελέτη –η μεγαλύτερη μέχρι τώρα στο είδος της-εξέτασε 100.00 σκυλιά και ανακάλυψε ότι ο γενετικός έλεγχος μπορεί να προβλέψει αν ένας σκύλος έχει πιθανότητες να αναπτύξει κάποιες ασθένειες εκ γενετής.

The study, published in PLOS Genetics in April, showed that both mixed-breed dogs and purebred dogs potentially could develop many of the same inherited diseases, although mixed breeds were more likely to be carriers of the disease, and purebreds were more likely to be affected. According to the study authors, approximately two in five dogs carried the genes for at least one of the screened-for diseases.

Σύμφωνα με τους συγγραφείς της μελέτης,κατά προσέγγιση δύο στους πέντε σκύλους είναι φορείς των γονιδίων για  τουλάχιστον μία από τις ελεγχόμενες ασθένειες.