stormie Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I'm just trying to find out a bit more about this disease and was hoping someone could answer some questions for me. Firstly, how common is this problem within the breed in australia? And secondly, does it only affect pure breds, or can it affect SBTx's as well? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra777 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 There have been a number of dogs in Australia which have been DNA tested to be carriers - but as for the actual % of carriers to the total population I think that's not very high. So far as I know L2-HGA doesn't exist in other breeds - would like to know if that's wrong! - so if that's true a cross between a Stafford and another pure bred dog could not have the condition as the gene has to come from both parents.... but a dog who's a mongrel and has Stafford ancestors on both side of the pedigree could have the condition as the gene could have come from both parents. Most of the Stafford clubs have info on their websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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