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Genetic Testing Definitions
What are all these abbreviations?
There are 3 levels of any of these genetic traits: AFFECTED (Where both puppy parents had the trait), CARRIER (Where one parents of the puppy had the trait - it may or may not manifest itself in the puppy), and CLEAR (where the trait does not show up in the DNA).
Parents of puppies are tested before breeding to make it more likely that a negative genetic trait will not be produced. Life still happens, and mutations occur in family lines, but we do our best using this science to propagate healthy puppies who are not affected with genetic disorder.
Here is a helpful article on genetics based breeding: Genetic Breeding Practices
