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Originally Posted by Mardelin  It can very well be a sign of shunt, not always. That information is based on research conducted by Dr. Susan Centers and Dr Tobias....both at the forefront of Liver Shunt Research......
As far as not having a bile acid perforemd.....it's hiding your head in the sand. Liver Shunt has reared it's ugly head in our breed and it can show up at any given time......even after 8 or 9 generations. |
This makes perfect sense. If LS is a recessive gene, you can have many many beautiful pups be perfectly healthy but yet be carriers. All it takes is for one recessive gene to find another and then an LS baby is born. I have read that the teenies are sometimes inbred to produce more teenies. Shortening the gene pool increases the possibility of LS or any number of genetic diseases. It's basic genetics.