SS Cressa Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 How common IS epilepsy in working bred border collie? I know I read somewhere it’s about 2% of the breed but I don’t know if that is accurate. I was looking at border collies pedigree recently and there are a LOT of dogs closely related to dogs with seizures. (1-2nd Cousins, Aunts/Uncle, father/mother, grandfather/grandmother) just curious does anyone know of a line that is truly seizure free or not possible since all border collies can be traced to a popular dog? Is there a rule of thumb about seizures when looking at parents pedigree? *I do realized the epilepsy database is only as good as people who report it and not all dogs have been reported. picture since I adore my dogs and love the breed. I’m so excited to have another border collie puppy on the horizon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Billadeau Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 The ABCA HEF has a summary of epilepsy in our breed, it is not much. https://bordercolliefoundation.org/health-and-education/genetic-diseases/#epilepsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Cressa Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Thank you so much for your answer! I think that is what I read before <3 didn’t realize it was about 5% of border collies were affected. Is there any rule of thumbs about looking at pedigree? My current rule I look at the parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. If their are multiple seizures on both sides of the pedigree closely related(cousins, Aunts/Uncle to a potential cross I pass on a pup. Is it wrong to assume a pup with multiple 1st cousins/aunts/uncles on their paternal and maternal side would have a higher chance for seizures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Billadeau Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Not 5%, <5% Usually a “<“ is used when surveys on prevalence find a small number of affected in a random sample that is not large enough to get a good assessment of the entire population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Cressa Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 25 minutes ago, Mark Billadeau said: Not 5%, <5% Usually a “<“ is used when surveys on prevalence find a small number of affected in a random sample that is not large enough to get a good assessment of the entire population. Thanks for clarifying my misread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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