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Originally Posted by YorkieRose One of the problems with liver shunts is, it can skip generations then pop up..some breeders think you can test the parents and if they are free of a shunt then all is well..well it ain't!
I hate everything to do with Liver shunt...the bile acid tests are not reliable at all..but better then nothing. Far too many Yorkies fail the tests, but have perfectly normal livers..many things can interfer with a bile acid reading...we have a YT member who had her bitch spayed because of failed bile acid tests and other liver tests..only to discover the bitch had a perfectly normal liver. |
You're absolutely correct. Just because a dog's bile acid tests pass with flying colors, it does not mean they aren't a carrier. The DNA markers have not been identified as yet. From what I understand they are getting close.