Wednesday 8 December 2010

DNA testing

I never would have considered dog dna testing, but yesterday, I came across a site offering this service to dog owners.
Primarily, this is useful for pedigree dogs to ascertain the quality of the breeding, but is also useful for providing possible inherited disease screening. Finally, the third possible use of DNA screening for dogs is to identify other inherited traits which may be significant if you are planning to breed your animal.
Of course, once you have registered the DNA of your animal, there is added security because the DNA trace of your dog will be unique and should your animal be stolen, a recovered animal would be easy to identify.

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