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 
Last weekend we attended one of the largest Dog Agility shows in the UK, the 
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Last week five members of the Canine Genetics Centre (CGC) team visited Helsinki, Finland, to attend the 
Last month we told you about an eye disease variant we recently identified in the English Shepherd Breed. Today we wanted to give you a bit more information on the research we do into inherited eye diseases (IED), all of which is now carried out under the 
Most of the researchers who work in the Canine Genetics Centre (CGC) are geneticists and we regularly collaborate with colleagues from the veterinary profession to ensure that we fully understand the diseases that we investigate, and that the dogs we include in our investigations have been robustly diagnosed. 
We are still trying to identify the genetic change that causes 
