Post by Bitten on Feb 21, 2011 7:29:59 GMT -5
How many dogs showing signs of DCM through either a positive echo or from a positive holter were tested?
How many of those tested positive for this gene?
I am sure a lot more will be understood in the next few years, as well as a couple of generations going through testing and changes in breeding decisions etc.
Rather than get caught up in the data, the fact remains that puppies can be tested. What do people perceive as the implications of this?
The 85% is the presentation found within the basic research group of dogs, which consisted of 246 individuals, which had to fulfill the requests as follows - to be able to be enlisted in the research group:
- 50 VPC's or more
- FS of 25% or less (FS=hearts ability to contract)
- 8 years or more
- or a combination of the above
this description of the research group can be found in the paper by Kate Meurs, and published in 2007.
Comparing the result of the research group, to that of the result from all tested dogs:
- 55 % Negative
- 40 % Positive Heterozygous
- 5 % Positive Homozygous
makes a difference.
So with reference to the previous entries, where entries said: 85% of all known clinical diagnosed dogs / were found positive to the test - the entries lacked reference to the original research group of dogs - which makes a huge difference.
It is highly important not to leave factual data out of the entries, as that might take the entry out of proportion, give an incorrect perspective of the actual situation as such, when having public talks about the USA test.
