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About Factor VII
Deficiency in the Alaskan Klee Kai
Factor VII information has now
been updated to DNA testing for your dogs, as well
as instructions for obtaining swabs to do the tests,
should you prefer to do this rather than take your
dog to your vet to have blood drawn. This
information and the swabs for acquiring the
necessary material for the DNA testing will be
available to ALL AKK owners whether or not they are
members of any dog club.
This is the test that many of us have been waiting
for. It is a simple non-invasive swabbing like the
DNA tests done for UKC or for RF testing.
However, it is essential that you rotate the swabs
as many as 10 times to assure enough tissue sample
for accurate DNA testing. In order to receive three
swabs for each dog, please email
lobink@roadrunner.com or
health@uakka.com
with the number of dogs for which you are requesting
swabs. Please include your postal mailing address
and allow a little time for the swab kits to arrive.
They will be sent to you as soon as possible.
Please note that THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY. If your
dog has not experienced any abnormal bleeding from
cut toenails, dewclaw removal, or from minor trauma,
your dog very likely does not have a problem. If
you are not breeding your dog, you will not need to
do this test. However, the price goes up in 3
months (May 31, 2006), so if you think you might
want to know whether or not your dog has Factor VII
Deficiency, then you may want to do this now.
Thank you for your patience with us as we do our
best to get accurate information out to you.
A very special thanks
to all of the people who have come together to make
this happen for the Alaskan Klee Kai family. To
mention specific people by name would be
insufficient, because there are so many people who
are nameless who played a significant role in
bringing this to fruition. Rather than risk
omitting anyone whose contribution was a key piece
of this genomic puzzle, because it was many pieces
that came together for this to happen, a blanket
statement of gratitude is sincerely extended to all
of you who participated in this achievement. You
have all made a significant contribution to the
Alaskan Klee Kai breed. Thank you!
This
is
a joint AKKAOA/UAKKA project.
Important Links:
FVII
Deficiency in Alaskan Klee Kai dogs
Cheek
Swab Directions
FVII Test Submission Form
FVII Specialty Seminar Report
Letter From Dr Urs Giger
Conversation with Dr Jean Dodds
Dr
Dodds AKK Test Request Form
AKK Tests and Instructions for Testing
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