also - sorry cant help with that one - check out the kennel club website - that should give you some more info.

or a website dedicated to your breed of dog.

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The only way you can get your border collie tested for TNS is to send a blood sample to Dr Alan Winton at the Uiversity of New South Wales in Australia - no lab in England tests for it. If you decide to get Jayjay tested, go to TNS (Trapped Neutrophil Syndrome) where it explains all about it, and where you can download the forms to send with the test. If I remember correctly, it costs 88 australian dollars, which is about £40.00. You will also need a blood sample card; there are several breeders throughout the UK who get these in bulk from UNSW, so if you let me know if and when you want to get him done, I'll get you a card when I'm at a show. Your vet will, of course, charge you for taking the blood sample.

Jayjay won't have TNS, but he has a 50% chance of carrying the genetic marker. The only time this will become a problem is if you want to use him as a stud - if he is a carrier, you will need to make sure any bitch you mate him to is not a carrier. The gene is recessive, which means that both parents have to be carriers to pass it on to their offspring. If only one parent is a carrier, the worst case scenario is that each pup has a 50% chance of being a carrier.

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Cheers, I want to do the tests and see how suitable he is before I decide whether to stud him or not, do you know how young he can have the tests done?

Not sure - as soon as he is old enough to have a blood test, I guess, because if he is a carrier he will have had the genetic marker from conception. The test just need 5 or so drops of veinous blood dropped onto the card, so once your vet thinks he is old enough to have some blood taken you should be ok.

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I'll ask them when he gets his second vac then, he's going to be microchipped at the same time just so you know

Hi

Since when have poodle/lab crosses been registered with the KC