Penn Veterinary Medicine | University of Pennsylvania

Updates

• Research continues in the battle to understand the gentics behind the occurnace of cystinuria in the mastiff dog. 
• A recent breakthrough was made by Dr Henthorn’s lab in the creation of a linked marker test for juvenile dilated cardiomyopathy in the Portuguese water dog.
• Whippets were recently added to the growing list of breeds that suffer from PFK, and the mutation causing the disease has been described and a new DNA test is being offered through PennGen.
• The Metabolic Screening Lab updated and expanded the tests being offered through that program.