Debbie Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 Does anyone have an update on the research being done on the CEA gene and the screening test? Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 There?s a fellow at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia doing research on both Collie Eye Anomaly and Ceroid Lipofuscinosis in an effort to develop a screening test. I think both are still a ways off. My little girl has mild CEA, and in response to a request in a BC newsletter, I sent some of her blood off to him earlier in the year. He?s trying to collect as wide a range of samples as possible. (Incidentally, both of Kirra?s parents had tested clear, but were obviously carriers ? lucky I wasn?t wanting to breed from her, and lucky her breeder did eye tests.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise Wall Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 Deb, Things are going well except there's a slight discrepancy with one of the go normal test samples and the other positives. It looks like it won't be out this year but soon. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbie Posted July 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 Thanks Denise. How often are we finding go normals? Enough so to get an idea of the frequency of go normals in the general population? Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise Wall Posted July 13, 2003 Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 From the data we have, it appears the percentage of go-normals within the CEA affected percentage of 2-3% is very low. Like maybe less than 6% of the 2-3% affecteds are go normals. In other words, there are actually very few go normals. Greg Acland thinks the percentage of go normals within the affected poplation in border collies is a lot less than in regular collies. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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