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Welcome to the PRTAA Health and Genetics Page

To All PRTAA Members & Our Extended Family of Non-members

The PRTAA is pleased to announce that we have joined the Canine Health Information Center aka CHIC.

This is a centralized canine health database jointly sponsored by the AKC/Canine Health Foundation (CHF) and The Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA). In time, it will provide a reliable source of information regarding dogs in our breeding programs. Also provide an opportunity to analyze pedigrees of proposed breeding from a health/genetic viewpoint in addition to traditional methods of selection.

CHIC is our answer to no upfront investment for a major health database. This allows parent clubs, with limited resources, to focus on identifying health concerns in addition to providing education.

CHIC offers us a tool to monitor disease prevalence and measure progress.

All dogs that are to be included in this program must be permanently identified in the form of a microchip or tattoo.

This is an informed consent database. All information regarding test results remain confidential unless the owner authorizes a release into the public domain. For those of you not quite ready to accept open sharing of information, there IS value in submitting the results.
Test results from the OFA / CERF databases are shared automatically with CHIC. So there is no additional fee to enter test results. All test information entered is available for research & statistical reported purposes, but does not disclose the individual dogs.

Once you have submitted the Parent club specific requirement of tests and when the owner has opted to release the results into public domain, you will receive a CHIC number for that dog. The CHIC number itself will not imply normal test results. It means that all of the breed specific tests were performed and results are publicly available.

CHIC will provide our Parent club quarterly reports consisting of both aggregate numbers and specific dogs that have been issued CHIC numbers.

The CHIC website is located at www.caninehealthinfo.org
Please feel free to browse

Your CHIC Liaison is: Carleen Farrington Tele 508-824-1490 miternjrt@comcast.net
Your Health & Genetics Committee:
        Will Hahn, BOD & Co-Chair
        Carleen Farrington, Co-Chair & CHIC Liaison
        Linda Edwards, Member

Below you will find information and links to web sites that may help you in your quest for information.

Currently, genetic research in both juvenile cataracts and primary lens luxation in the Parson Russell Terrier is being undertaken by Dr. Oberbauer – University of California – Davis. To help with this study please contact: Dr. Oberbauer via e-mail: amoberbauer@ucdavis.edu, or call (530) 752-4997. Dr. Oberbauer will mail you a submission kit including a questionnaire to fill out, and 3 separate swabs for submitting DNA.

Health & Genetics Resources

Eyes

Canine Eye Registration Foundation
VMDB / CERF
248 Lynn Hall
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906
Phone: 765-494-8179
E-Mail: yshen@vet.purdue.edu
Web Site: http://www.vmdb.org/cerf.html
The above web site contains a database with records from 1988, searchable
by the dogs name, registration number, or CERF number.

DNA

VetGen Canine Genetic Services
3728 Plaza Dr. Ste 1
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108
Phone: 1-800-483-8436 or 734-669-8440
Fax: 734-669-8441
Web Site: http://www.vetgen.com

American Kennel Club
DNA Operations & Educational Services
Phone: (919) 854-0108
Fax: (919) 854-0102
Email: dna@akc.org

Deafness

George M. Strain
School of Veterinary Medicine
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Web Site: http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/deaf.htm
The above web site offers information on deafness and a full list of
where you can go to have your dog BAER tested.

Genetic Disease Control ( GDC )

Institute for Genetic Disease Control in Animals
P.O. Box 222
Davis, California 95617
Phone: 916-756-6773
Web Site: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/gdc/gdc.htm
GDC maintains genetic disease registries for purebred dogs in the
United States and Worldwide. They are a non-profit organization.

American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation
251 W. Garfield Road Ste. 160
Aurora, Ohio 44202-8856
Phone: 330-995-0807
Fax: 330-995-0806
E-Mail: AKCCHF@aol.com
Web Site: http://www.akcchf.org

Hip Dysplasia

PennHip
C/O Synbiotics Corporation
1-800-228-4305

Orthopedic Foundation for Animals ( OFA )
Dr. Greg Keller, Executive Director
2300 Nifong Blvd
Columbia, MO 65201-3856
Phone: 573-875-5073
Fax: 573-875-5073
Web Site: http://www.offa.org
OFA has searchable databases online from their web site as well as
reports that can be downloaded.

Thyroid

College of Veterinary Medicine
Michigan State University
Attention: Diagnostic Lab
P.O. Box 30076
Lansing, Michigan 48909-7576
Phone: 517-353-0621

Cardiac Conditions

American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Cardiology
7175 West Jefferson Avenue Suite 2125
Lakewood, Colorado 80235-2320
Phone: 1-800-245-9081
Fax: 303-980-7136

Poison

National Animal Poison Control Center
Phone: 1-800-548-2432
or (900) 680-0000