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Re: [RC] Genetic diseases - heidiI've seen a recessive genetic disease handled several different ways in dogs. In the Italian Spimoni, they were able to identify the carrier stud very early and refused registration to any dog with that stud in the pedigree. But the breed is very small and the parent club very young, so that is why they were able to take such a stand. That is the very thing that geneticists caution AGAINST doing, particularly in breeds with small gene pools. There is SO much genetic diversity that is just flushed down the drain with that sort of knee-jerk reaction to the identification of a genetic disease. Half of that dog's offspring would have been CLEAR, but his entire contribution is now lost to the breed. Tragic. Heidi ============================================================ There is no better way to see the world than from the back of a horse. ~ Teddy Roosevelt ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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