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Table 5 Yearly frequency of safe and at risk litter born in UK

From: Nationwide genetic testing towards eliminating Lafora disease from Miniature Wirehaired Dachshunds in the United Kingdom

Year

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Safe litter

45.0

48.6

68.9

84.5

91.8

92.1

At risk litter

55.0

51.4

31.1

15.5

8.2

7.9

Total no. of litters

40

175

183

193

183

164

  1. An increase was detected in the number of safe litters born in UK between 2012 and 2017. Subsequently there is a decrease in the number of unsafe litters indicating that breeders are using the genetic information obtained for the Lafora DNA test
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Canine Medicine and Genetics

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