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Breeds
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Beagle
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Golden Retriever
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Miniature Wire haired Dachshund
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Miniature Smooth Haired Dachshund
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Standard Smooth Haired Dachshund
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Standard Wirehaired Dachshund
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The Disease |
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Osteogenesis Imperfecta is a generalized, inherited bone defect characterized by extreme fragility of bones and loose joints. The bones can break easily, sometimes they break for no known reason. The long bones are slender and have thin cortices. Calluses and recent fractures may be present. The disease can also cause weak muscles, brittle teeth, curved spine and hearing loss.
The cause of the disease is a gene defect that affects how the body makes collagen, a protein that helps make bones strong
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Clinical Signs |
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Clinical signs include pain, spontaneous bone and teeth fractures, loose joints, and reduced bone density on radiography. Primary teeth are extremely thin-walled and brittle
Osteogenesis imperfecta can range from mild to severe and symptoms vary from one dog to another.
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Trait of Inheritance |
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In Dachshunds, Osteogenesis imperfecta Is inherited as a autosomal recessive trait, however, in Beagle and Golden Retriever it is inherited as autosomal dominant trait.
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Inheritance : AUTOSOMAL
trait
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Sample Requirements |
Whole blood in EDTA tube (0.5 - 1 ml) or Buccal swabs. . |
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Price
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£ 48.00 (including VAT)
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Download
Order Form from this link 
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Complete the order form and send it together
with your samples to the following address:
Laboklin (UK), 125 Northenden Road, Manchester, M33 3HF
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