Brief Description
International cooperation, data sharing, financial support/resources to develop tools for breeding:
- Genetic diversity
- Parentage testing
- Joint EBV estimation for health and mentality traits
Required/Recommended Pre-Workshop Activities/Reading
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Moving from information and collaboration to action: report from the 4th International Dog Health Workshop, Windsor in May 2019
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Agria Dog Breed Profiles 2017-2021 - valuable information about which diagnoses occur within which breeds, and how the breeds stand in terms of health compared to other breeds
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VetCompass - The Veterinary Companion Animal Surveillance System by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) aims to investigate the range and frequency of companion animal health problems and identify important risk factors for the most common disorders
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Iben Meyer & Peter Sandøe 2015. Developing and implementing a Danish disease registration system for companion animals. A report on past experience, and the opportunities and challenges ahead
- Donner J, Freyer J, Davison S, Anderson H, Blades M, Honkanen L, Inman L, Brookhart-Knox CA, Louviere A, Forman OP, Chodroff Foran R. Genetic prevalence and clinical relevance of canine Mendelian disease variants in over one million dogs. PLoS Genet. 2023 Feb 27;19(2):e1010651. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010651. PMID: 36848397; PMCID: PMC9997962.
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