NEWS ARCHIVE

  • BSAVA Research Grant
 
The BSAVA has recently launched a new research grant specifically relating to Border Terriers. A substantial proportion of the funds for this have been donated by the group Border Terrier LifeLine (BTLL) including a very generous contribution from Mr.Andrew and Mrs. Wendy Mooney.
It is hoped that this grant will attract the attention of scientists wishing to study GallBladder Mucocoele, a potentially lethal condition which is being diagnosed with increasing frequency in our breed.
Details of this grant may be found at
http://www.bsava.com/article/funding-boost-for-border-terrier-research/
The Breed Health Group is keen to support research into this distressing condition and will be interested to see such applications for funds as are eventually received. If the Group considers that the successful application for funds fits with it’s views on how the necessary research work should be designed it will be pleased to give as much help as possible on the data collection and public awareness aspects and may also be prepared to add financially to the project funding.
Hopefully this grant will stimulate some productive research.
The Group would like to congratulate Border Terrier LifeLine and Mr.and Mrs. Mooney on their initiative and generosity.
  • December 3rd SLEM Testing now available at Canine Genetic Testing (CAGT)
During 2021 the Border Terrier Health Group and the Border Terrier Club worked with the Kennel Club Genetics Centre (KCGC) within the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cambridge, to provide a DNA testing service for SLEM at the University of Cambridge.
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As from December 3, 2021 the Border Terrier Health Group’s involvement has ceased and, as planned, the order fulfilment work has been transferred to the service entitled Canine Genetic Testing (CAGT). www.cagt.co.uk

CAGT is now responsible for receiving payment for and despatching testing kits and carrying out the tests for Border Terrier owners who require SLEM testing for their dogs.

CAGT is linked to the Kennel Club Genetics Centre and operates from the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cambridge. The team there was formerly based at the Animal Health Trust prior to its closure in July 2020.

For further information and details go to www.cagt.co.uk/product/spongiform-leucoencephalomyelopathy/

​RESEARCH INTO CUSHING'S SYNDROME AT NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY
Researchers at the University of Nottingham's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science are interested in investigating the characteristics of Cushing's Syndrome within the Border Terrier breed and would be interested in hearing from owners of dogs affected by the disease, and also in details of dogs which have previously died from it.
This is one of the conditions being monitored by the Breed Health Group and we would encourage as many owners as possible to respond. We would also be grateful if these owners could also fill in our own health survey form.
The link to the Nottingham survey is:  https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAAN__sV2TrJUNTIzVUFTNTA0WURST1U5WVJKT0xPMlk3MC4u
 
The link to the Border Terrier Breed Health Group survey is:  
https://borderterrierhealth.org.uk/health-survey-form.html
 
Eddie Houston
Breed Health Co-ordinator
New - Cushing's Syndrome information page and details for Open register Click here for details

New - Information and points to consider when Buying a Border Terrier Puppy Click here to read the article
MESSAGE FROM BORDER TERRIER HEALTH GROUP
 
ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST/DOVECOTE VETERINARY HOSPITAL
CECS/PAROXYSMAL DYSKINESIA  STUDY FOR BORDER TERRIERS
IF YOU HAVE A BORDER TERRIER THAT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING CECS/PGSD AND HAS NOT YET BEEN PUT ON A GLUTEN FREE DIET, YOU COULD HELP THE ABOVE STUDY BY VOLUNTEERING YOUR DOG TO TAKE PART.
THE STUDY IS SHORT OF VOLUNTEERS IN THE ABOVE CATEGORY.
ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY CAN HELP SHOULD CONTACT:
Mark.Lowrie@dovecoteveterinaryhospital.co.uk
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​PAROXYSMAL DYSKINESIA (CECS) STUDY
Survey now launched - please click for flyer

PAROXYSMAL DYSKINESIA (CECS) STUDY  - update 7th October 2019
Please click here for latest update

  • PAROXYSMAL DYSKINESIA (CECS) STUDY 
We are pleased to be able to announce that the Animal Health Trust is now almost ready to go live with a survey and sample collection for this study.
 
The plan is to conduct a project aimed at identifying regions of the genome associated with PGSD by performing a ‘Genome-Wide Association Study’ (GWAS), also known as a genome scan.
 
Further information on this study will shortly be issued by the AHT research team in the form of a flyer. It will give all of the information people need to know about who can take part and how. As soon as it is released, details will be given on the Border Terrier Breed Health Group Website.




  • December 3rd SLEM Testing now available at Canine Genetic Testing (CAGT)
During 2021 the Border Terrier Health Group and the Border Terrier Club worked with the Kennel Club Genetics Centre (KCGC) within the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cambridge, to provide a DNA testing service for SLEM at the University of Cambridge.

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As from December 3, 2021 the Border Terrier Health Group’s involvement has ceased and, as planned, the order fulfilment work has been transferred to the service entitled Canine Genetic Testing (CAGT). www.cagt.co.uk

CAGT is now responsible for receiving payment for and despatching testing kits and carrying out the tests for Border Terrier owners who require SLEM testing for their dogs.

CAGT is linked to the Kennel Club Genetics Centre and operates from the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cambridge. The team there was formerly based at the Animal Health Trust prior to its closure in July 2020.

For further information and details go to www.cagt.co.uk/product/spongiform-leucoencephalomyelopathy/
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  • Gall Bladder/Biliary Mucocoele We have received a letter from Mark Dunning, a veterinary specialist working for the Willows Veterinary Group and a Clinical Associate Professor in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham. He and some colleagues have an interest in Gall Bladder Mucocoele (GBM) in Border Terriers. His letter is self explanatory and below is a link to the on-line questionnaire mentioned in his letter.
      
  • The Kennel Club approves the DNA Testing Scheme for SPS/SLEM The Breed Health Group is pleased to announce that the KC has approved as 'Official' the DNA testing scheme for SPS/SLEM and the,Kennel Club announcement can be read in full by clicking here  Please read comment from Steve Dean at end of the news release concerning the procedure for recording the results at the KC.
    



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