The Functional Breeding Podcast
Science:Life Sciences
Eldin Leighton has a PhD in animal breeding and has wound up a long career managing the breeding program at The Seeing Eye, which is the largest guide dog organization in the US. In this episode, Eldin talks to us about how he got where he is now and gets super nerdy about the ins and outs of selecting breeding animals for the traits you want, from cattle to seeing eye dogs. (We love nerdy.) Eldin had so much good information that this ended up being two episodes, so stay tuned for part two next week.
The papers Eldin mentions in this episode are:
Find this episode's transcript here.
Dan O'Neill, MVB, PhD, FRCVS: VetCompass and Inherited Disease
Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD: The Dalmatian Outcross Project
Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD: Chondrodystrophy
Lisa Gunter, PhD, CBCC-KA: Shelter Dog Welfare
Breeding for Companion Personalities: Carolyn Kelly, RN and Erica Pytlovany, KPA CTP
Claire Wade, PhD and Sophie Liu, DVM: The Doberman Genetic Diversity Paper
Lisa Wagner: Breeding Frenchies for Health
Sarah Stremming, CDBC: The Dog Sourcing Crisis
Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD: State of the Functional Dog Collaborative
Laura Sharkey, PhD and Carolyn Kelly, RN: We All Have the Same Goals
Ji Khalsa, MS: Guardian Homes
Alison Skipper, PhD: the history of breed registries
Sarah Stremming, CDBC: Fear Periods
Carolyn Kelly, RN: Litter Highlight
Mary Peaslee, MD, MPH: Deep Dive on Hip Testing, Part 2
Mary Peaslee, MD, MPH: Deep Dive on Hip Testing, Part 1
Dr. Alison Skipper: the Health and History of Brachycephalic Dogs
Midwoofery and the FDC Breeder Curriculum
Litter highlight: Sara Reusche
Ji Khalsa and Alicia Hobson: the Genetics of Coat Type and Color
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