I received results from UPenn this week that Cash is Ichthyosis Normal (aka clear)! The cost of this DNA screening test is $65.00 USD per dog, and unless your dog is clear by parentage, there really is no excuse not to test your breeding stock!
The following is information copied from another post regarding Ichthyosis:
AMERICAN BULLDOG ICHTHYOSIS
Over the years, breeders and veterinary dermatologists had reported sporadic cases of a skin disease characterized by generalized non-pruritic (non-itchy) scaling in young American bulldogs. The observant breeder recognizes the disease, termed ichthyosis or fish scale disease, shortly after birth but the scaling becomes quite apparent when the puppy is about 2 weeks of age. Their belly skin looks dirty and scaly, but the “dirt” cannot be washed off because it is abnormal skin. The disease manifests itself mainly on the trunk, footpads and ears with large plate-like scales, and reddening of the skin. With time, the skin will loose its protective barrier and affected dogs will have decreased resistance to infectious diseases and develop secondary skin infections and yeast dermatitis. Currently, there is no curative treatment for ichthyosis. Because of the severity of the disease, most affected dogs are euthanized before 12 weeks of age.
Several years ago, we set out to determine the cause of this disease. Many of you had sent in samples to help develop a DNA test and many of you are still waiting for results. We are happy to inform you that we now have a test available to all American bulldog breeders and owners. For those of you waiting for results, we have rerun the samples to obtain unequivocal (correct) results. Please contact us for these results. For all others that wish to test their dogs, please send an e-mail to [email protected] to ask for a test kit (see Submission Form). We have dropped our normal price from $125 to $65 per dog to match that of NCL testing. If you have a litter to test, please let us know, as we will give you a discount. One test kit will contain two cheek swabs; please use both on one dog. This is a backup for us in case there are any questions in regard to the results. All results are handled confidentially; results will only be given to the person submitting the samples. Please allow two weeks for results. If you think you have an affected dog, please contact us at the address below.
We would like to thank all of the breeders who have helped make this test a reality; we couldn’t have done it without you!
Download the submit for testing form:
http://www.box.net/shared/pd791vkuv6
Margret Casal, Dr med vet, PhD
Medical Genetics/ Ryan VHUP/Room 4018
3900 Delancey Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010
Ph: 215-898-0029 e-mail: [email protected]
The following is information copied from another post regarding Ichthyosis:
AMERICAN BULLDOG ICHTHYOSIS
Over the years, breeders and veterinary dermatologists had reported sporadic cases of a skin disease characterized by generalized non-pruritic (non-itchy) scaling in young American bulldogs. The observant breeder recognizes the disease, termed ichthyosis or fish scale disease, shortly after birth but the scaling becomes quite apparent when the puppy is about 2 weeks of age. Their belly skin looks dirty and scaly, but the “dirt” cannot be washed off because it is abnormal skin. The disease manifests itself mainly on the trunk, footpads and ears with large plate-like scales, and reddening of the skin. With time, the skin will loose its protective barrier and affected dogs will have decreased resistance to infectious diseases and develop secondary skin infections and yeast dermatitis. Currently, there is no curative treatment for ichthyosis. Because of the severity of the disease, most affected dogs are euthanized before 12 weeks of age.
Several years ago, we set out to determine the cause of this disease. Many of you had sent in samples to help develop a DNA test and many of you are still waiting for results. We are happy to inform you that we now have a test available to all American bulldog breeders and owners. For those of you waiting for results, we have rerun the samples to obtain unequivocal (correct) results. Please contact us for these results. For all others that wish to test their dogs, please send an e-mail to [email protected] to ask for a test kit (see Submission Form). We have dropped our normal price from $125 to $65 per dog to match that of NCL testing. If you have a litter to test, please let us know, as we will give you a discount. One test kit will contain two cheek swabs; please use both on one dog. This is a backup for us in case there are any questions in regard to the results. All results are handled confidentially; results will only be given to the person submitting the samples. Please allow two weeks for results. If you think you have an affected dog, please contact us at the address below.
We would like to thank all of the breeders who have helped make this test a reality; we couldn’t have done it without you!
Download the submit for testing form:
http://www.box.net/shared/pd791vkuv6
Margret Casal, Dr med vet, PhD
Medical Genetics/ Ryan VHUP/Room 4018
3900 Delancey Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010
Ph: 215-898-0029 e-mail: [email protected]