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Poodle DNA Project |
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and Dr. Mary Whitely, VIP has begun a program of collecting DNA samples
from as many poodles as possible. This is a simple and inexpensive
procedure. Two mls. of blood are collected into a purple top tube (EDTA
tube), and sent to GeneSearch.
There, the DNA is extracted and stored for future research purposes.
This project is entirely confidential (no names of owners or dogs will be used in any future research studies), and can only be beneficial to our beloved breed. The information gathered from this ongoing project will be invaluable in the future, if we can prove some types of cancer are inherited. The more normal dogs we can bank, and even more important those dogs with known malignancies, the faster we can make progress. Your help is both requested and needed. VIP has provided funding for the first 200 samples collected. Working together, we hope to be able to ensure happy, healthy poodles forever. For more information please go to: www.pageweb.com/vipoodle/DNAbank.html Click onto the address below to request order forms and mailers directly from GeneSearch for your DNA blood samples. www.genesearch.net/mailers.html
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