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Dedicated to the Health, Education, and Performance of Poodles
There are two different types of testing available and there is a true difference in types of testing.
Some available tests measure genotype (actual DNA sequence of a gene). Many tests measure phenotype (a physical evaluation is used to measure the health of an individual in the hope of providing information about genotype). For a variety of reasons, phenotypic testing provides less reliable information about the genes a given dog might pass on to offspring.
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Health Tests Recommended by VIP for Standard, Miniature, and Toy Poodles
We recommend that owners/breeders use laboratories approved by OFA and to record their results with OFA. A list of those labs may be found https://www.ofa.org/dna-test-labs.
For a full explanation of the interpretation and use of phenotype testing, see the article found on the Tufts web site: https://www.vin.com/apputil/content/defaultadv1.aspx?meta=Generic&pId=11165&id=3848681.
There are other health issues for which we currently have no testing available for dogs that do not exhibit symptoms. Some of these are in research with the hope of finding more information to alleviate occurrences in poodles.
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