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Genetic testing may eventually be the key to identifying which health problems a dog may be at risk of developing and may in the future provide the means of eliminating some canine illnesses all together.

The first draft of the “Canine Genome Sequence” was made freely available to researchers in 2004. Since that time, genetic markers for many hereditary diseases have been identified, such as,

Centronuclear Myopathy in Labrador Retrievers

Copper Toxicosis in Bedlington Terriers

and Hereditary Cataracts in Staffordshire Bull Terriers

Our primary aim at WHI is to support the research to try to establish a reliable method of identifying Protein Losing diseases in the SCWT in its early stages. However, establishing the mode of inheritance of any hereditary forms of disease and identifying the gene/s responsible may be the only way to ultimately eliminate them.

We established the Genetic Research Fund in response to requests and donations from many WHI supporters. The money in this fund will be made available to researchers pursuing a genetic solution to any hereditary diseases identified in the Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier,