[ SHOWGSD-L ] Fw: RESEARCH HELP Needed HIPS

From: "Sharon Allbright" <sharlen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 18:18:41 -0700
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From: Ginialtman@xxxxxxx 
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Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 2:19 PM
Subject: RESEARCH HELP Needed HIPS



I am the American German Shepherd Dog Charitable Foundation Health Liaison and 
I am working with Paul Ferguson at Vet Gen and the University of Michigan on a 
project that is specific to German Shepherd Dogs. We need to gather DNA from 
German Shepherd Dogs for a Research project for Hip Dysplasia. Up to this 
point, we have collected DNA from normal and related dysplastic GSDs and now we 
have enough DNA from normals but need DNA from more dysplastic dogs.  I need to 
get as many dogs as possible.

I need help from all of you. Contact your club members too. I need everyone who 
knows someone with a dysplastic German Shepherd Dog to contact them and give 
them this information. If they have access to the Internet they can email a 
request to vetgen vetgen@xxxxxxxxxx  -- the name of the contact person is Ann 
-- to request a DNA kit and the information form.  If they do not have internet 
access, they can call me and leave a message for me to send them the form and 
the kit. My phone number is 651 481 0704.

This is the criteria for the German Shepherd Dogs that are needed for the study:

Paul Ferguson from the University of Michigan writes:
Again, my main requirements are that the dog is dysplastic and has been 
diagnosed by a veterinarian as to severity of disease using OFA criteria; mild, 
moderate, severe.  They 
usually diagnose each hip separately too so a dog may be mild on one side and 
severe on the other.  I also include dogs that may have one good hip and one 
dysplastic one.

The veterinarian does not need to complete the form. The owner completes the 
form with the information they have, including the AKC Registration number. No 
pedigree information is needed.

Please get everyone you can to spread the word that we need the DNA from these 
dogs so that we can make an impact on the control of this disease.  

Please post it on other lists that can reach people who have German Shepherd 
Dogs.

Thank you so much!
It is all about our commitment to the health and well being of the German 
Shepherd Dog!

Ginny Altman

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversations as a
dog does.  Christopher Morley
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