Flat Coated Retriever
Flatcoated retriever, Flat Coated Retriever (à poil plat), Flat Coated Retriever (de pelo liso), Sileäkarvainen noutaja
Flat Coated Retriever
FCI Group
Retrievers - Flushing Dogs - Water Dogs
AKC Group
Sporting
TKC Group
Gundog
Country of Origin
GB
Flat Coated Retriever
Health Testing Requirements by Country
Autoimmune and Allergies
FI
Cardiac and Circulatory
Endocrine and Pancreas
Ataxia, Locomotor, and Epilepsy
Eye Conditions and Blindness
UK
Skeletal and Muscular
Cancer and Neoplasia
Temperament
Reproductive
Test Relevances
Coat Colour Dilution, dilution, MLPH-related
No Evidence
Degenerative Myelopathy
No Evidence
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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