The Functional Breeding Podcast
Science:Life Sciences
Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD is the owner of Pint, the famous UC Davis football tee retrieving dog. She also happens to run a genetics lab, also at UC Davis, where she studies the genetics of inherited diseases in dogs and other animals. She is known for her work associating genetic variants with a variety of traits including coat color and skull shape. On this episode we're talking about a genetic mutation that she discovered - known to genetic testing companies as CDDY - for a trait she feels passionately about, chondrodystrophy. Most of the dog world knows this mutation as "that risk gene that makes your dog more likely to get IVDD," but in this episode, Danika talks us through the difference between disc herniation and IVDD (intervertebral disc disease), noting that all dogs with CDDY have IVDD, and therefore disc degeneration, whether or not they actually herniate. I hope you learn as much from this discussion as I did.
Find this episode's transcript here.
Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD: The Dalmatian Outcross Project
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
The Co-Pilot Breeding Cooperative
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