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Cataracts in Northern Breed research update

The Canine Genetics centre has been researching cataracts in Northern Breeds. The work being partially funded by donations from Spitz in the Park and Southern Finnish Lapphund Society donations.

Common variants in the CPT1A gene are associated with cataracts in Northern breeds of domestic dog

The research is now published and openly available

Sadly the research was unable to locate any specific genes/markers for Finnish Lapphunds

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