We have recently published our preliminary genetic investigation of paroxysmal dyskinesia (PxD), a movement disorder, that is prevalent in the numerically small Norwich Terrier breed and for which no cause has been established to date in this breed. Our paper has been published in the peer-reviewed, open access journal, Animal Genetics.
Jenkins CA, De Risio L, Dietschi E, Leeb T, Rytz U, Schawalder P, Schoenebeck JJ, Mellersh CS, Ricketts SL. A preliminary genome-wide association study of paroxysmal dyskinesia in the Norwich Terrier. Anim Genet. 2024 Oct 12. doi: 10.1111/age.13479
The two main specialist areas of focus for our work in the Canine Genetics Centre (CGC) are ophthalmology and neurology. For this week’s newsletter, Dr Sally Ricketts, Senior Research Associate, tells us about how the CGC joins forces with the 
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Last week five members of the Canine Genetics Centre (CGC) team visited Helsinki, Finland, to attend the 
The Canine Genetics Centre has had an important study published, in collaboration with Wisdom Panel, on the genetics of progressive retinal atrophy in dogs. The paper describes the frequency of two genetics variants, called RPGRIP1ins44 and MAP9del, in 132 different breeds of dog. Both the variants were originally identified in Miniature Longhaired Dachshunds, and both are known to modify the development and progression of PRA. 
