Giant Schnauzer Epilepsy Research Update Sample update – The Canine Genetics Centre have received DNA samples from 20 affected Giant Schnauzers and 27 unaffected controls at present. This doesn’t include swab kits sent out that have not yet been returned. … Continue reading →
Can you help with research into canine idiopathic epilepsy? The Giant Schnauzer Health Fund has donated £2,000 along with the 3 breed clubs collectively donating a further £3,000 to the Canine Genetics Centre (CGC) at the University of Cambridge, in … Continue reading →
Generalised Progressive Retinal Atrophy (GPRA) Research N.B. This is a different type of PRA to prcd-PRA for which there is another DNA test available. PRA is a blinding disease for which there is no treatment, so developing a DNA test … Continue reading →
The Giant Schnauzer Club in association with the Northern Schnauzer Club, Schnauzer Club of Great Britain and Giant Schnauzer Health Fund are conducting a study in relation to seizures/fits/epilepsy in the Giant Schnauzer. The purpose is to determine the prevalence … Continue reading →
DNA test found for the inherited form of Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) in both Standard Schnauzers and Giant Schnauzers Recent research, at the Animal Molecular Genetics Lab at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine (UoM), discovered a gene mutation … Continue reading →
