American Foxhound
American Foxhound, Foxhound Americano, Amerikankettukoira
FCI Group
Scent Hounds and Related Breeds
AKC Group
Hound
TKC Group
Not Recognized
Country of Origin
US
Health Testing Requirements by Country
Autoimmune and Allergies
FI
Skeletal and Muscular
Genetic Material and Diversity
Test Relevances
Factor VII Deficiency
Some Relevance
Hypocatalasia (Acatalasemia)
Some Relevance
Coat Colour Dilution, dilution, MLPH-related
No Evidence
Degenerative Myelopathy
No Evidence
Factor VII Deficiency
Some Relevance
Hypocatalasia (Acatalasemia)
Some Relevance
Coat Colour Dilution, dilution, MLPH-related
No Evidence
Degenerative Myelopathy
No Evidence
Both clinically rare and of complex inheritance. Test is considered poorly correlated with risk for development of DM, and recommendations are to not use the test for breed-wide breeding strategies. While the SOD 1 variant may be commonly found across many breeds, there are few clinical cases observed and confirmed, and in many cases DM has never been observed in the breeds.
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