Alaska is a CEA carrier.

Its not a issue it just means we are now limited to the ONLY 4 DNA CEA clear tri males in the whole country, 1 of which is not even hip scored yet.

That's a shame but at least you know you're not going to produce any affected puppies

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"A dog is not "almost human," and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such."
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Owned by Buster cairn terrier mix and Leo netherland dwarf mix bunny

Tanya has kindly offered to come up and help me mull over potential dogs. Its not the end of the world and now its sunk in I think it will be fine.

does that mean that the pups will all carry it to? what is it how does it affect them?

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If put to a clear dog each puppy has a 25% chance of being a carrier but none can be affected. Carriers aren't sick they don't show any symptoms

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"A dog is not "almost human," and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such."
John Holmes

Owned by Buster cairn terrier mix and Leo netherland dwarf mix bunny

When mated to a clear it usually works as half carriers half clears.
If a dog is a carrier it is never affected at all by it. It just means if its to be bred from it has to be mated to a CEA clear (DNA).

If a carrier is mated to affected you get half affected, half carriers.
If a carrier is mated to a carrier you get: 1/4 = Normal 1/2 = Carriers 1/4 = Affected.

But if a dog is a carrier it does not affect them at all.

Since any pups leaving me will be endorsed and DNA CEA tested before they go I think its pretty safe to say that anyone hoping to breed from one of mine will be told exactly who they can breed to in order to prevent any pups being born affected.


http://www.optigen.com/opt9_test_cea_ch.html

The 2nd table should help you

thats what I thought, heres hoping, thats what scares me about dog breeding the endorsements mean nothing they can still breed them and you will never know

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But you could still breed a cat with endorsements if you really wanted surely. Just couldn't register/show the kittens

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"A dog is not "almost human," and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such."
John Holmes

Owned by Buster cairn terrier mix and Leo netherland dwarf mix bunny

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If you eliminate the carriers you have far too small a gene pool. Happened in chinese cresteds I believe and caused quite a few problems

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"A dog is not "almost human," and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such."
John Holmes

Owned by Buster cairn terrier mix and Leo netherland dwarf mix bunny