Post date: May 03, 2012 5:53:48 PM
Dr. Cathryn Mellersh of the Animal Health Trust has kindly given us permission to publish her article "Breeding with Carriers" which is available in our Breed Health Information Library.
Her advice is "Carriers should always be included in the first one to two generations that follow the launch of a DNA test for a Recessive mutation, regardless of the frequency of the mutation, to give breeders the opportunity to capture desirable traits before they start to select for dogs that are clear of the mutation".
Read the full article.