Geneticists from the Canine Genetics Centre, along with veterinary cardiologists and neurologists from the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital, are becoming increasingly concerned by reports of sudden, unexpected deaths in young Labrador Retrievers – often occurring during rest or sleep – in dogs that appeared otherwise healthy. Continue reading
On Friday March 21st, 2025, the Canine Genetics Centre team welcomed thirty enthusiastic delegates to the University of Cambridge’s West Hub building for their second Research Day.
Over the course of the day the delegates were treated to talks on the CGC’s inherited eye disease, idiopathic epilepsy and intervertebral disc disease research and how the CGC investigates new and emerging diseases. The talks were well received, with everyone asking lots of questions and really engaging with the researchers about the work that the CGC does. Continue reading
The Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen used to suffer from a painful and blinding eye disease called Primary Open Angle Glaucoma. But thanks to research by the Canine Genetics Centre, in collaboration with veterinary ophthalmologists and the worldwide PBGV owning and breeding community, the causal mutation was identified and published in 2015. Continue reading
