How The Seeing Eye Used a Three-Pronged Approach to Reduce the Incidence of Puppies Born Affected with PRA

Eldin A. Leighton, Ph.D., Jane H. Booker, and Dolores Holle

Conference Proceedings, 4th International Working Dog Breeding Association, Melbourne, Australia, Vol. 4, pp. 121-124, 2005


Abstract

Describes how The Seeing Eye eliminated progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) from its Labrador breeding colony using progeny testing, a carrier-probability computer program, and funding for a DNA-based genetic marker test.