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DNA Tests Available
CatDNAtest.org offers affordable feline DNA testing as a tool to more effectively manage parent selection.
DNA services are performed by Texas A&M University Animal Genetics Laboratory, one of the world's leading genetic testing laboratories.
Our DNA testing panel includes:
SNP Array Genetic Evaluation for Cats includes:
- Identity/Parentage Markers and Sex determinate markers
- Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
- Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI,VI Mild and MPSVII (MPS1, MPSM and MPS7)
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (MYBPC3R) (Ragdoll only)
- Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA)
- B blood type (BLDAB) (not valid in Turkish Angoras and Ragdolls)
- Albino (ALBIN)
- Cinnamon (CINNAM)
- Chocolate (CHOC2)
- Points (Points1 and Points2)
- Recessive black (AGOUTI)
- Dilute (DILUT)
- Longhair1, Longhair2, Longhair 4, and Longhair 4_2
Note: The Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (Maine Coon) test was removed from the testing panel on January 1, 2011)
Additional Resources:
- Abstract (HCM): Wess G, Schinner C, Weber K, Küchenhoff H, Hartmann K. Association of A31P and A74T Polymorphisms in the Myosin Binding Protein C3 Gene and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Maine Coon and Other Breed Cats. J Vet Intern Med. 2010 Apr 16.
Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Abstract (PKD): Molecular detection of autosomal-dominant feline polycystic kidney disease by multiplex amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction. Ya-Jane Lee, Hsin-Yu Chen, Min-Liang Wong and Wei-Li Hsu. J Vet Diagn Invest, May 1, 2010; 22(3): 424 - 428.
- Article (PRA): Feline Retinal Atrophy. Felipedia.
- Article (MSM VI and MSM VII): Mucopolysaccharidosis. Felipedia.
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