Post date: Aug 22, 2015 6:16:41 PM
The WHDC's Lafora Sub-committee has reviewed the data published in the latest KC Breed Records Supplement (Summer 2015) and analysed the number of "safe" and "unsafe" Mini Wires being bred. "Safe" litters are those where at least one of the parents is Lafora tested CLEAR or is Hereditary CLEAR.
52 of the 61 litters recorded were "Safe"; this is 85% of all the litters registered. This means that 198 of the 234 puppies in these litters are not at risk of Lafora Disease. Our probability model suggests that, from the 9 "unsafe" litters, we would expect 4 of the puppies to be Lafora Affected.
The trend in testing and registration of "safe" litters is shown below.