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DNA Blood Draw Clinic

Michael A. Lappin DVM

CHIC BANK: The Golden Retriever Foundation is once again combining its ongoing DNA blood collection project. There is no charge for the blood draws or shipping. GRF also absorbs the OFA CHIC fee for Goldens.

For donating blood to the GRF projects with OFA and Broad Institute, please download and print the DNA Repository form located on the OFA website at: https://ofa.org/applications/ Since these forms require extensive information, it would be best to do that now. This will save you time on clinic day.

Forms will also be available from https://2024.grcanational.com/health-clinics/. Please return all forms to 24GRNationalHC@gmail.com 

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Blood will also be drawn for the Golden Retriever DNA panels listed below. GRCA will cover the cost of shipping

Golden Retriever Health Panel – $120 (normally $130)

• Congenital Ichthyosis 1 and 2 In Golden Retrievers
• Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome (CMS) In Golden Retrievers
• Degenerative Myelopathy (DM)
• Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL) In Golden Retriever
• Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA1 and PRA2) In Golden Retrievers
• Progressive Rod-Cone Degeneration (PRA-prcd)
• Sensory Ataxic Neuropathy (SAN) In Golden Retrievers

Genetic Diversity Testing for Golden Retrievers – $70 (normally $80)

The Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL), in collaboration with Dr. Niels C. Pedersen and staff, has developed a panel of short tandem repeat (STR) markers that will determine genetic diversity across the genome and in the Dog Leukocyte Antigen (DLA) class I and II regions. This test panel may be useful to breeders who wish to track and increase genetic diversity of their breed as a long-term goal.