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• 06-22-2009 8:13 PM

  oranges81 Joined on 10-13-2007 BC Canada Posts 3,617 Points 250

  Information please Reply Contact  I'm looking for information on these 4 diseases: Hemophilia - Factor X Deficiency Lens Luxation Myasthenia Gravis von Willebrands Disease   What tests can be done to test dogs for these? How bad are they? Can they be treated?   Basically I'm doing research on the JRT breed and am wanting to know about health testing for the breed. I'm seriously considering becoming a breeder and figured I may as well start now on the research.  Thanks! ~Kitty Train early, train often, train with no pain The most powerful feeling is the knowing you belong, and you are right were you should be It’s Love when you can watch them love another person, smile and say “I’m happy for you” when inside you want to die. "...you will be positively the most fearsome pirates in the Spanish Main." "Not just the Spanish Main, love. The entire ocean. The entire world. Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck, and sails, that's what a ship needs. But what a ship is, what the Black Pearl really is...is freedom." Jack Sparrow "Why is the rum gone??" - Jack Sparrow

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• 06-22-2009 8:18 PM

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  jennie_c_d Joined on 09-10-2007 Southeast Georgia Posts 11,067 Points 265	Re: Information please Reply Contact  vWD has a DNA test, that is under $200 per dog. If you're looking into breeding JRT, have you seen terrier.com? They have a nice list of things that make these dogs "bad", genetic issues, hunting info, etc. JRT can also carry a rare disorder called cerebellar ataxia, which they just recently found a genetic marker for (check out jrt-research.com).
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• 06-22-2009 8:28 PM

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  oranges81 Joined on 10-13-2007 BC Canada Posts 3,617 Points 250

  Re: Information please Reply Contact  Thanks Jennie! I hadn't found those sites yet. Google just kept giving me BYB sites in my search. Lol ~Kitty Train early, train often, train with no pain The most powerful feeling is the knowing you belong, and you are right were you should be It’s Love when you can watch them love another person, smile and say “I’m happy for you” when inside you want to die. "...you will be positively the most fearsome pirates in the Spanish Main." "Not just the Spanish Main, love. The entire ocean. The entire world. Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck, and sails, that's what a ship needs. But what a ship is, what the Black Pearl really is...is freedom." Jack Sparrow "Why is the rum gone??" - Jack Sparrow

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• 06-22-2009 9:11 PM

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  JackieG Joined on 04-15-2008 Central Texas Posts 5,910 Points 710	Re: Information please Reply Contact http://www.jrt-research.com/Articles.html This is a good place to start.   www.terrier.com is another
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• 06-22-2009 9:40 PM

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  BEVOLASVEGAS Joined on 07-10-2006 Texas Posts 7,914 Points 940

  Re: Information please Reply Contact Vet Gen does genetic testing for von Willebrand.  I paid $140 when Bevo was tested last year.  If your dog is affected with vWD, there is no treatment.  If the dog is clinically affected with vWD, then you have to be careful with them.  What could be a simple wound for a normal dog will not clot in a clinically affected dog. FWIW, I would NEVER purchase a puppy from a breeder who bred a dog that was vWD affected. Amanda

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• 06-24-2009 1:55 AM

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  oranges81 Joined on 10-13-2007 BC Canada Posts 3,617 Points 250

  Re: Information please Reply Contact BEVOLASVEGAS: FWIW, I would NEVER purchase a puppy from a breeder who bred a dog that was vWD affected.   I would never breed a dog that tested positive for vWD so no worries there. Thanks for the links! Good thing I enjoy science otherwise this would be really boring. Lol ~Kitty Train early, train often, train with no pain The most powerful feeling is the knowing you belong, and you are right were you should be It’s Love when you can watch them love another person, smile and say “I’m happy for you” when inside you want to die. "...you will be positively the most fearsome pirates in the Spanish Main." "Not just the Spanish Main, love. The entire ocean. The entire world. Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck, and sails, that's what a ship needs. But what a ship is, what the Black Pearl really is...is freedom." Jack Sparrow "Why is the rum gone??" - Jack Sparrow

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