Why doesn’t the VDL maintain a list of clear dogs?
We believe it is important not to breed to a single test result, such as EIC clear status. Other important issues include hip, patella, elbow, eye, thyroid and heart health; as well as genetic status for inherited disease such as: • Progressive Retinal Atrophy & Retinal Dysplasia http://www.optigen.com/ • Centro Nuclear Myopathy (CNM) http://labradorcnm.com • Degenerative Myelopathy http://www.offa.org/dnatesting/index.html • Glycogen Storage Disease Type IIIa http://mmg.msu.edu/faculty/fyfe/fyfeCCRtesting.pdf OFA provides a single interactive database that contains this information all in one place.