WoodHaven
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This is what I got from a dal breeder.
Bob Schaible bred a Dalmatian to a pointer 35 years ago to introduce a gene for normal uric acid that was supposedly lost from out gene pool. He did not keep records. He said he had no problems with the dogs he kept…about 12 over the course of 35 years.
We do have a genetic test that will let us know if the dog in question has the gene for high uric acid or normal uric acid.
Uric acid is not the problem. The problem is Dals can get urate stones. What causes them or why one Dal can get stones and another doesn’t is unknown. We have a pilot study in the works to find this out.
Interesting reading
http://www.dalmatianheritage.com/about/nash_research.htm
Bob Schaible bred a Dalmatian to a pointer 35 years ago to introduce a gene for normal uric acid that was supposedly lost from out gene pool. He did not keep records. He said he had no problems with the dogs he kept…about 12 over the course of 35 years.
We do have a genetic test that will let us know if the dog in question has the gene for high uric acid or normal uric acid.
Uric acid is not the problem. The problem is Dals can get urate stones. What causes them or why one Dal can get stones and another doesn’t is unknown. We have a pilot study in the works to find this out.
Interesting reading
http://www.dalmatianheritage.com/about/nash_research.htm
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