Hip Dysplasia study
If you have an OES who was diagnosed with moderate to severe hip dysplasia, please, please, please consider contributing DNA, x-rays and (ideally, but not strictly necessary - I know at least two rescue OES who have contributed), pedigree information. See below for details. (Taken from www.oeshealth.org) January 19, 2007 Ostrander Hip Dysplasia Study Participants Wanted! As some of you may know, the Old English Sheepdog has been chosen to participate in a research study being conducted by the Ostrander Lab to locate the genes for hip dysplasia. They are looking for 20 unrelated dogs who have been diagnosed by OFA with Excellent hips, and 20 unrelated dogs who have been diagnosed with Moderate to Severe hip dyplasia by your vet, OFA or Penn Hip. Participation in this study requires a blood sample, 3 generation pedigree, and a copy of your dog's Hip x-rays. If OFA has the copy of your dog's hip x-rays, then a consent for release of the x-rays will need to be signed. If your dog generously gave blood for this study at the 2005 Centennial Show and was rated OFA Excellent or with hip dysplasia, contact Dana Mosher in the Ostrander Lab to complete the requirements of the study. If you have any questions, need to sign a consent form, need supplies for drawing blood samples, or to further discuss the study, please contact: Dana Mosher Samples Manager/Ostrander Lab - CGB/NHGRI/NIH Bldg 50 Room 5347, 50 South Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-8000 Phone: 301-451-9390 - Fax: 301-594-0023 - mosherd@mail.nih.gov If you have additional questions, you can contact Amy Spaeth DVM at jacksonpethospital@charterinternet.net Thanks! Kristine |
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| Hi Kristine, I would love to help and take part in this study as I believe it is very important to fight the problem we are having with HD in our breed. Unfortunately I do not think it is possible to send blood from Germany, I hope they get plenty of participants and in the end a good result that may help our dogs in the long run. |
dairymaid wrote: Hi Kristine, I would love to help and take part in this study as I believe it is very important to fight the problem we are having with HD in our breed. Unfortunately I do not think it is possible to send blood from Germany, I hope they get plenty of participants and in the end a good result that may help our dogs in the long run.
Ah, another international OES person who would step up to the plate if possible! (I still don't have an answer on the cancer registry question - submissions from abroad - but that should certainly be doable because only paperwork needs to be exchanged). Thanks for the thought. Truly. I know sending blood from Germany would be more complicated and expensive than could possibly be warranted. Especially since we by all accounts have enough CHD diagnosis announced on this list alone that you'd think there must be a decent pool of contributors out there in the US beyond Jaci and a couple of (other) kind-hearted rescue donor dogs, but they are still struggling for participation from what I understand. Frustrating. But we'll keep trying. It'll be worth it in the end. Kristine |
| When it comes to health issues I like to take part, there is no use in shouting out loud about taking more care with our breedind stock and at the same time ignoring such studies they are very important, can you send me some more details regarding both studies, I have two sheepies who are willing to donate blood. Also regarding the cancer research issue what we have to do. Keep up the good work Kristine Lol Stewart |
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just wanted you guys to know Hannah is a participant and it was really EASY. All I had to do was contact Dana by email. I also contacted her by phone and she contacted me very promptly. I faxed the permission and also Hannah's pedigree. Even though we've never registered Hannah we have her pedigree. When she went for her regular blood test I took the kit that was sent and the vet took some extra blood which I only had to mail along with her X-rays from Hannah's vet. Dana promptly returned the X-rays to us. A very easy thing to do that may make a huge difference in the future to help The Old English Sheepdog and maybe all hip dysplastic dogs. Hannah and I greatly encourage you to help! |
| it must have been the phone call - I e-mailed and haven't heard anything. |
| Please consider participating in this study if your dog has moderate to severe hip dysplasia... your information is kept private.
Panda participated even though she was a rescue without a pedigree. I hope any breeder who has encountered hip dysplasia in their dogs will seriously consider sending in an x-ray and blood sample to help in this study. If you've rehomed a dog, encourage the new owner to participate. If this gene can be identified, it will be the first stop to possibly preventing this debilitating and heartbreaking condition in future breeding dogs and family pets. |
kerry wrote: it must have been the phone call - I e-mailed and haven't heard anything.
Kerry - is there any chance the e-mail address could have been typed wrong? Dana is by all accounts very good at getting back to people. If you can't call her for some reason, please consider e-mailing her again and perhaps even cc Amy Spaeth DVM (jacksonpethospital@charterinternet.net) so she can help you make sure it got through. She's on the OESCA Health & Research committee and has been working to help get Dana the participants she so desperately needs. Thanks so much for considering doing this. Kristine |
Las Vegas Sheepie Lover wrote: Just wanted you guys to know Hannah is a participant and it was really EASY. <snip> Hannah and I greatly encourage you to help!
Aw, thank you! And Ms Hannah too! Kristine |
Mad Dog wrote: Kerry - is there any chance the e-mail address could have been typed wrong? Dana is by all accounts very good at getting back to people. If you can't call her for some reason, please consider e-mailing her again and perhaps even cc Amy Spaeth DVM (jacksonpethospital@charterinternet.net) so she can help you make sure it got through. She's on the OESCA Health & Research committee and has been working to help get Dana the participants she so desperately needs.
Thanks so much for considering doing this. Kristine I used the link in your email. All I can say is maybe the dogs didn't qualify and they didn't bother to get back to me? Marlye has excellent hips but morgan shows some flattening (early signs) perhaps they are looking for more. |
kerry wrote: I used the link in your email. All I can say is maybe the dogs didn't qualify and they didn't bother to get back to me? Marlye has excellent hips but morgan shows some flattening (early signs) perhaps they are looking for more.
I'm not sure what that would translate as in terms of severity (or lack thereof), but I am surprised at a lack of response either way. Unless, can we hope? that she has somehow been SWAMPED with participation offers in the last 24 hours??? Well, one can dream 
Kristine |
| Oh, Butterscotch....
I noticed you combined the two CHD study threads that were going on simulatenously, which makes sense, of course. But would it be terribly troublesome to copy Dick's e-mail that Ali forwarded with permission to this thread so it doesn't sink into oblivion? His appeal was so well written a couple of us would like to print and frame it.... If it isn't too much of a bother...? 
Thanks so much, Kristine |
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