2008 GRCA National Specialty
CANINE DNA
COLLECTION DRIVE
The
Golden Retriever Foundation needs volunteers at the
National Specialty to help with the blood drawing and
paperwork.
A
booth will be set up in the main show site, vendor area,
on Monday and Tuesday, October 26th and 27th,
2009. In addition, we will be setting up during some
of the Field events to encourage dogs entered in the
those events to participate.
Veterinarians, Technicians, dog holders, paperwork
specialists and people to label samples are all needed
for this continuing effort. We will be teaming up with
the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals and volunteers
from the Broad Institute for this effort. We will also
be collecting samples for Optigen’s PRA testing.
The
Golden Retriever Foundation, GRCA, The Broad Institute,
and OFA need Canine volunteers for the National
Specialty Canine DNA Drive. Cheek Swab and/or blood
samples are needed to populate OFA’s DNA database.
Blood samples submitted to The Broad Institute will be
used for research in cancer and hereditary diseases.
The
Golden Retriever Foundation has authorized funding to
pay for the OFA submission fee for Golden Retriever
samples collected at “mass collection clinics”. Through
this grant from GRF, there will be no fee
to the owners for submitting blood or cheek swab
samples. There is no charge to donate
blood to The Broad Institute.
** Special requests **
The Broad Institute would like to update any dogs that
have previously submitted samples. They also need
samples from any dog with cancer and/or hereditary
disease. Their help is of the utmost importance, as
well as healthy dogs over 5 years of age without cancer
or hereditary disease.
Orthopedic Foundation for Animals will accept DNA from
any dog.
Anyone able to help or willing to
donate blood or cheek swabs from their dogs, is urged to
contact Mike Lappin at
anidoc@intercape.com, or phone
508-759-4522 to let him know. You may download and
print consent forms, to bring with you, from the
following web sites.
Information about canine studies
at the Broad Institute:
http://www.broad.mit.edu/mammals/dog/donate.html
Broad Institute Submission form:
(print, then fill out and bring with you.)
Click for pdf file
Information about OFA’s DNA Bank:
http://www.caninehealthinfo.org/dnabank.html
OFA Submission form: (print, then
fill out and bring with you.)
Click for OFA DNA application and
survey
(fill out, print, and bring with you)
Even
if you can donate one hour of your time you will be
assisting with this valuable research tool.
You and your dog can
make a difference.
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