Post date: Nov 16, 2014 7:1:26 PM
The Lafora Screening Team has analysed the latest set of litter registrations from the KC's Breed Records Supplement. In the Autumn 2014 Quarter 67% of the litters bred were "Safe"; i.e. will not contain Affected puppies. Our Probability Model suggests that, of the 184 puppies born in the Quarter (56 in "Unsafe" litters), 5 can be expected to be Lafora Affected. The model predicts that 45 Affected puppies will have been bred in the last 2 years by people either not using the available test, or mating unsafe combinations of tested and untested dogs.