During the K9 College Cruise, I had the pleasure of taking a course with Dr. Danika L. Bannasch, DVM, Ph.D. (Click on her name for more). She is a geneticist at University of California Davis. Her work centers on dogs and horses. I asked her about the accuracy of the MARS test. She stated, “It is completely bogus.” I was unable to get her to define, “bogus” in more statistically relevant terms, but she was insistent that the tests did not provide a level of accuracy.
It seems to me that you are placing more validity in someone that has never conducted any of this testing or where are her statistics? What facts is she basing her statements on? Has she read the research papers and done her own analyzes?
Dan, you should know that you are skating on thin ice. I would think twice before I would call a very reputable institute's research bogus. You have now taken it upon yourself to publicly defame Mars and Dr. Neale Fretwell. I am sure that his expertise in the field of genetics far surpasses any knowledge you might presume to hold. |