Lets say the world only had breeders who studied pedigrees and only bred OFA good and excellent dogs. Is there any way GENETIC hip dysplasia could be wiped out?
Is there any chance genetic hip dysplasia could be wiped out in dogs?
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September 7th, 2010 - 1:03 am
No.
I have an acquaintance with a 17 month old Golden Retriever.
He comes from both parents OFA Excellent Hips and Elbow.
He is going to have to get both elbows replaced and one hip.
No matter how many generations you breed of excellent, it could always show up. That is how genetics are. By testing you are hedging your bets, but you are not going to eliminate it.
September 7th, 2010 - 1:03 am
Yes… through selective breeding and OFA certifying dogs. There is still a slight chance, but as far as genetics go it should be "wiped out".
September 7th, 2010 - 1:03 am
I don’t think so. Not all dogs with genetic tendency will show signs but they can still make pups that have the condition. I suppose you could take her out of the breeding program and attempt to spay all of her pups before they get to breeding age but that seems farfetched
If the condition only affected a pup in her later litters, the previous litters would have had a chance to breed.. All theoretical of course..
September 7th, 2010 - 1:03 am
i would say no .
no matter how much testing is done , as with all testing IT can never be 100% successful
September 7th, 2010 - 1:03 am
no OFA only tests phenotype! finding "occult affected’ does NOT pick up all carriers. NOW IF they find the GENES for a DNA test to be developed. yes in REPUTABLY BRED population it could be eliminated . now with puppy mill & BYB in the mix- well unlikely they test so unlikey they drop the problem….
September 7th, 2010 - 1:03 am
In theory it is a nice idea, but put it on paper and it falls apart. No matter how many generations of OFA good and excellent you breed, there will always be a chance of a throwback to an early generation. Of course we want HD eliminated, that is why we test and know what we are breeding. In all fairness, I will admit the mother of Kira has fair hips but normal elbows, we got a second and third opinion on the x-rays who both said it was most likely due to an injury of some kind, which my girl was clumsy and stupid when she was young, she jumped a gate and landed hard on her hips on stairs, she never was in any pain and runs like she has excellent hips. Guess what their offspring have excellent hips, all the ones we keep in touch with that is. OFA is not going to eradicate anything. That is why there is also DNA testing for things that can’t be OFA’d or CERF’d or BAER’d or whatever. DNA testing for genes is the only way, but that science has not caught up to the world, it is getting better but there is still many diseases we can’t test for, they have not found the marker for HD to my knowledge. If we could find the marker then we could tell if dogs were carriers.
So yes in theory it is nice to think we could just by breeding good and excellents, but it is not going to work if we don’t know the gene that causes it.
September 7th, 2010 - 1:03 am
as I understand, HD is polygenetic.. meaning more than one gene is involved.
Dogs can be tested to see if they are effected.. but that’s not going to rule out the possability of carrying the gene for the disease. I suppose tests to find genetic markers for HD may be a possability in the future.. but until then, no.. it cant fully be wiped out.