SmoKy Hills Labradors

Parent health testing

Dilute Retriever

Labrador Retriever

• Hip Dysplasia (Preliminary)

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  Hip testing reduces the chance of passing down hip dysplasia, which is primarily found in large breed dogs and can cause hip pain and the eventual loss of the function of the hip joint.

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• Elbow Dysplasia Finals (OFA, BVA, SV, FCI)

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  Elbow testing reduces the chance of passing down elbow dysplasia, which is primarily found in large breed dogs and can cause arthritis in the elbow joint and front leg lameness.

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• Cardiac Evaluation (registered with OFA)

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  Heart testing reduces the chance of passing down congenital heart disease, which can cause a range of symptoms ranging from trouble exercising to heart failure.

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• Patellar Luxation

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  Knee testing reduces the chance of passing down Patellar Luxation, which results in the kneecap becoming displaced or dislocated and can cause mild to severe joint pain.

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• Full Embark Panel, Copper Toxicosis, Labrador Retriever ATP7A, Retinal Dysplasia/Oculoskeletal Dysplasia 1 (RD OSD), Stargardt Disease, Myotubular Myopathy, Labrador Retriever Type, Alexander Disease, Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency (PKD), Labrador Retriever Type, Alanine Aminotransferase Activity, PRA, Rod-Cone Degeneration (PRA-prcd), Narcolepsy, Labrador Retriever Type, Macular Corneal Dystrophy, MCD (CHST6), Hyperuricosuria (HUU), Hereditary Nasal Parakeratosis (HNPK), Degenerative Myelopathy (DM; SOD1A), Exercise Induced Collapse (EIC), Centronuclear Myopathy (CNM)

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  Genetic testing reduces the chance of passing down a wide variety of hereditary diseases of differing prevalence and severity such as Progressive Retinal Atrophy (an eye disease) and Von Willebrand's Disease (a blood disease).

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