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Originally Posted by pstinard  Below is a screen shot of a reply I received from Vetnostic, a company that tests Yorkshire Terriers (and other breeds) for coat color genes. They basically say that not all dilute (Blue) Yorkies will go on to develop Color Dilution Alopecia (baldness and skin problems), but there is currently no test to determine which ones will. Here is a link to their website: VetNostic Laboratories - Veterinary Genetic Testing - Yorkshire Terrier testing
I have to give them a big thumbs up for being the first company to answer my question! |
Thank you Phil for sharing this information with us. A huge kudoo.
So where does that leave the breeders at? And I don't mean this in a nasty way at all.
Many blue borns die! So as breeders de facto we would like to make sure we don't breed for blue borns.
It would appear on the face of this response; we still don't truly have a genetic test for the more severe life threatening variant of blue borns.
But if you have the carrier gene for Blue Borns just how accurate is that?