CAGT offers full KC Good/Best practice bundles to 14 different breeds
Everyone wants the puppy that they buy to live a long and healthy life. And scrupulous, health-conscious dog breeders feel the same way; the last[…]
New disease mutations can occur in any dog, of any breed, at any time (and probably will)!
DNA mutates – that’s what it does. If we go back 30,000 years there weren’t any domestic dogs, just wolves. But through a process of[…]
Crufts 2025: The world’s greatest dog show
Members of the Canine Genetics Centre team have attended Crufts, the World’s greatest dog show, for as long as any of us can remember. Crufts[…]
Recent Publications
Wade CM et al. Autosomal dominant primary hyperparathyroidism in the Keeshond dog breed is strongly associated with a missense variant in sirtuin-6. Anim Genet. 2025 Dec;56(6)
Ricketts SL et al. Common variants in the CPT1A gene are associated with cataracts in Northern breeds of domestic dog. PLoS One. 2025 Apr 4
Jenkins CA et al. Genome-wide association study of idiopathic epilepsy in the Italian Spinone dog breed. PLoS One. 2025 Mar 5
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