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Alphabetical Order of Presenter’s Names


MAPPING OF THE HISTIOCYTIC SARCOMA PREDISPOSITION LOCUS IN FLATCOATED RETRIEVERS

Jesús Aguirre-Hernández1, Tess M. Hoather1, Gerard Rutteman2, Catheryn Mellersh3, Elaine M Ostrander4, Jane M. Dobson1 & David R. Sargan1

1 Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB30ES, UK
2 Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
3 Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, Suffolk UK
4 National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA


PHENOTYPING DIABETES MELLITUS IN SWEDISH DOGS

Ahlgren, KM 1; Fall, T 2; von Euler, H 2; Andersson, G 3; Lernmark, Å 4; Lindblad-Toh, K 5, Hedhammar, Å 2; Kämpe, O 1

1 Department of Medical Sciences, University Hospital, Uppsala University, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
2 Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
3 Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Biomedical Centre, Box 597, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden.
4 Diabetes and Celiac Disease Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
5 Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA 02141, USA & Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 597, SE 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden.


CLINICAL AND GENETIC STUDIES OF PROGRESSIVE RETINOPATHY OF SWEDISH VALLHUNDS


Ahonen S1,2, Seppälä EH1,2, Vanhapelto P4, Cooper A5, Capaldo F5, Garmer L6 Sjödahl-Essén T6, Komáromy AM5 and Lohi H1,2,3.

1) Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Finland
2)
Department of Molecular Genetics, The Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Finland
3)
Department of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
4)
Animal Hospital Vetset, Kirkkonummi, Finland
5)
Department of Clinical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
6)
Animal Hospital Albano, Stockholm, Sweden

CaniDNA : a French initiative for THE collection and distribution of dog DNA samples

Catherine André1, Gilles Chaudieu2, Laëtitia Herbin1, Amaury Vaysse1, Benoit Hédan1, Philippe Pilorge3, Francis Galibert1, Anne Thomas4, Laurent Tiret5, Jérôme Abadie6, In collaboration with The « Canine Genetic Group » of AFVAC7 and French National Veterinary Schools.

1 Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes, UMR 6061 CNRS/Université de Rennes 1, Faculté de Médecine, 35043 Rennes, France.
2 Clinique vétérinaire Beaulieu, 63400 Chamalières, France
3 Clinique vétérinaire Saint-Cyr, 35000 Rennes, France
4 Antagene, Laboratoire de Génétique Animale, 69760 Limonest, France.
5
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR 955 ENVA-INRA, 94704 Maisons Alfort.
6 Unité d’Anatomie Pathologique, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes, France
7 AFVAC :Association Française pour Vétérinaires des Animaux de Compagnie: 40 rue de Berry, 75008, Paris, France


PEDIGREE ANALYSIS OF PUREBRED DOGS.

David Balding1, Federico Calboli1, Jeff Sampson2, Neale Fretwell3

1Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London; 2the Kennel Club, London; 3Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition,



POPULATION DYNAMICS OF DOG AND CAT BREEDS AND BREED-RELATED DEFECTIVE GENES

Jerold S Bell

Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, N. Grafton, MA USA


Analysis of the binding properties of various canine olfactory receptor alleles

Naïma Benbernou, Stéphanie Robin, Sandrine Tacher, Mickaelle Rakotomanga and Francis Galibert

IGDR, UMR 6061 CNRS, Faculté de Médecine, Rennes France


FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MHC PROMOTER POLYMORPHISM IN DOGS

Karin T Berggren1, Maria Wilbe2, Jennifer M Seddon3 and Göran Andersson2

1 Dept of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
2 Dept of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
3 School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Australia


A mutation in a novel gene is associated with recessive cone-rod dystrophy in standard wire haired dachshund

Anne Caroline Wiik1, Claire Wade2,3, Tara Biagi2, Ernst-Otto Ropstad4, Ellen Bjerkås4, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh2,5, and Frode Lingaas1.

1 Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Division of Genetics, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, P.O.Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway
2 Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA 02141 USA
3 Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge St, Boston MA 02114 USA
4 Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, P.O.Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway
5 Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 597, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden

GENETIC SUBSTRUCTURE WITHIN PUREBRED DOGS

Susanne Björnerfeldt1, 2, Frank Hailer1, 3, Maria Nord1 and Carles Vilà1

1 Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
2 Current address: Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Section of Molecular Animal Genetics, BMC, Box 597, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
3 Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, National Zoological Park, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 3001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA


Analysis of the genetic variant of WIRE HAIR PHENOTYPE in the Dog


E. Cadieu, P. Quignon, H. G. Parker, D. S. Mosher, E. A. Ostrander

NIH/NHGRI, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.


Greyhound meningoencephalitis- a novel breed-specific neuroinflammatory disorder

RE Shiel, F O’Sullivan, CT Mooney, CM Nolan and JJ Callanan

School of Agriculture, Food Science & Veterinary Medicine and the School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Ireland


Canine Factor VII Deficiency: Propagation of Inadvertent Inherited Genetic Diseases within Canine Research Breeding Colonies

L.P. Carlstrom1, J.K. Jens1, M. Dobyns1, M. Passage2, P.I. Dickson2, N.M. Ellinwood1

1 Department of Animal Science and the Center for Integrated Animal Genomics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
2 Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, LA Biomed at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA 90502, USA.

LINKAGE ANALYSIS FOR HARLEQUIN PATTERNING OF THE GREAT DANE

Leigh Anne Clark and Keith E. Murphy

Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467


THE USE OF QUANTITATIVE genetic METHODS IN THE study of CANINE working ability: GENETIC PARAmeter ESTIMATES OF BORDER COLLIE SHEEPDOG ABILITIES.

ISNARD Jérôme1, COURREAU Jean-François1, LANGLOIS Bertrand2

1 Ecole nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle F-94704 Maisons-Alfort
2 Institut national de la Recherche Agronomique, Domaine de Vilvert F-78352 Jouy en Josas

INVESTIGATING THE GENETIC BASIS OF IDIOPATHIC EPILEPSY IN DOGS

Kari J. Ekenstedta, Edward E. Pattersonb, and James R. Mickelsona

a Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
b Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.


ATYPICAL Transitory CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM IN A FELINE COLONY

J Morrison1, AJ Fales-Williams2, MD Winter1, JM Clemans1, GJ McLellan4, NM Ellinwood3

Dept’s of 1) Veterinary Clinical Sciences, and 2) Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, and 3) Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; 4) Dept of Surgical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, Madison, WI


Preliminary histopathological and genetic characterization of A Feline Model of Primary Congenital Glaucoma

GJ McLellan1, J.Jens2, CY Kim3, C Petersen1, KJ Sigle1, MH Kuehn3, NM Ellinwood2

Dept’s of 1) Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, and 2) Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; 3) Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA


WHY SHAR-PEIS HAVE WRINKLES? AETIOPATHOGENESIS OF THE CUTANEOUS MUCINOSIS OF CHINESE SHAR-PEIS

Zanna G., Bardagi M., Francino O., Docampo M.J., Sanchez A., Ferrer L.

Deps of Animal Medicine & Surgery and of Animal and Food Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, SPAIN


Gene expression profiles in canine hepatic cell lines during copper overload

G. Hoffmann1, H. Fieten1, P.G. Jones2, B. Arends1, L. C. Penning1, J. Rothuizen1

1 Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2 WALTHAM centre for pet nutrition, Waltham on the wolds, Leicestershire, LE144RT, UK


GENETIC MAPPING OF THE GENE CAUSING SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA IN THE ITALIAN SPINONE

Oliver Forman1, Luisa De Risio1, Jacques Penderis2 and Cathryn Mellersh1

1 Animal Health Trust, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7UU, UK
2 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 464 Bearsden Road, University of Glasgow, G61 1QH, UK


THE MUTANT GENE CAUSING CANINE EARLY RETINAL DEGENERATION IDENTIFIES A NOVEL PATHWAY CRITICAL FOR PHOTORECEPTOR DEVELOPMENT.


Orly Goldstein1, Anna V. Kukekova1, Gustavo D. Aguirre2, Edwin M. Stone3,4, Diane C. Slusarski5, Lisa Baye5, Alisdair R. Philp3,4, Gregory M. Acland1

1 James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853
2 School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 3800 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
3 Dept of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242
4 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815.
5 Dept of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242


Clinical and genetic analysis of idiopathic epilepsy in the Great Swiss Mountain Dogs

Anaïs Grall1, Eija Seppälä2, Laëtitia Herbin1, Catherine Escriou3, Benoît Hédan1, Christophe Hitte1, Anne Thomas4, Dennis O´Brien5, Francis Galibert1, Catherine André1, Hannes Lohi2 and Gary S. Johnson5

1 Laboratoire de Génétique et Développement, UMR 6061 CNRS/Université de Rennes1, Faculté de Médecine, Rennes, France.
2 Dept of Basic Veterinary Sciences and Dept of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki and Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland.
3 Unité de Médecine, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Marcy l’Etoile, France.
4 Antagene, Laboratoire de Génétique Animale, Limonest, France.
5 College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

MULTIPLE ALLELES OF THE IGF1 RECEPTOR GENE SHOW ASSOCIATION WITH BODY SIZE IN PUREBRED DOGS.

B. C. Hoopes1, N. B. Sutter2, D. S. Mosher3, and E. A. Ostrander3

1 Department of Biology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346 USA
2 Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
3 National Human Genome Research Institute, Building 50, Room 5349, 50 South Drive MSC 8000, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.


The Alaskan Sled Dog; Performance on a genetic level

Huson, Heather J.1,2, Parker, Heidi G.2, Jones, Paul3, Ostrander, Elaine A.2

1 University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA
2 Cancer Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
3 Waltham Pet Care


CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NOVEL TYPE OF CANINE OSTEODYSPLASIA - PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND GENE MAPPING

Marjo K Hytönen1,3, Heli Kallio2, Marjatta Snellmann2, Eija Seppälä3,5, Hannes Lohi3,4,5, Kirsi Sainio1

1 Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2 Department of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
3 Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
4 Basic Veterinary Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
5 Department of Molecular Genetics, The Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland

MHC allele sharing between canid species including Ethiopian wolves and African Wild dogs

Lorna J Kennedy1, Andrew Kitchener2, Karen Laurenson3, Alan D Radford4, Clare Marsden5, Barbara Mable5 and George M Happ6

1 University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
2 National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
3 Frankfurt Zoological Society, Serengeti, Africa
4 University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
5 Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Scotland
6 Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA

Characterising MHC allele sharing between different felid species

Lorna J Kennedy1, Harriet K Auty2, Gabriela J C Drake2, Jason J Brown1, William E R Ollier1, Andrew Kitchener3, and Alan D Radford2

1 University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
2 University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
3 National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Association of Major Histocompatibility Complex alleles with canine atopic dermatitis

Lorna J Kennedy1, Faye Chantrell2, Annette Barnes3, Åke Hedhammar4, Göran Andersson5, Neale Fretwell2 and William E R Ollier1

1 University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
2 WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, Masterfoods, Leicestershire, UK.
3 University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
4 Dept of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
5 Dept of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden


NASO-PLANTAR KERATODERMA IN THE DOGUE DE BORDEAUX : EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL AND GENETIC DATA

Sébastien Kury1, Eric Guaguère2, Mathieu Heuzé1, Guillaume Queney3, Emmanuel Bensignor4, Frédérique Degorce-Rubiales5, Anne Thomas3, Arnaud Muller2, Delphine Delattre3, Francis Galibert1, Catherine André1

1 Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes, UMR 6061 CNRS/Université de Rennes1, IFR 140, Rennes, France.
2 Clinique Vétérinaire, 598 avenue de Dunkerque 59130 Lomme, France
3 ANTAGENE « Laboratoire de Génétique Animale » Limonest, France.
4 Clinique Vétérinaire, 6, rue Mare Pavée 35510 Cesson-Sévigné, France
5 Laboratoire d’Anatomie Pathologique Vétérinaire du Sud-Ouest, Blagnac, France 

THE GENETIC BASIS FOR THE HARLEQUIN COAT COLOR IN GREAT DANES

Charlotta Lantz1*, Michele Perloski2*, G Andersson1, K Lindblad-Toh2, L Andersson3

1 Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 597, 751 24 Uppsala Sweden.
2 Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA 02141 USA.
3 Dept Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 597, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden.


The non-coding MLPH c.-22G>A SNP associated with dilute coat color is found in genetically diverse dogs with and without symptoms of color dilution alopecia

Cord Drögemüller1,2, Bianca Haase1,2, Ute Philipp3, Monika Welle2,4, Petra Roosje2,5, Melanie Scharfenstein6, Ekkehard Schütz6, Bertram Brenig6, Monika Linek7, Lars Mecklenburg8, Tosso Leeb1,2

1 Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Bremgartenstr. 109a, 3001 Berne, Switzerland
2 Dermfocus, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Bremgartenstr. 109a. 3001 Berne, Switzerland
3 Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17p, 30559 Hannover, Germany
4 Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Länggassstr. 122, 3001 Berne, Switzerland
5 Division of Dermatology, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Länggassstr. 128, 3001 Berne, Switzerland
6 Institute of Veterinary Medicine, University of Göttingen, Burckhardtweg 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
7 Tierärztliche Spezialisten, Rodigallee 85 / Holstenhofweg, 22043 Hamburg, Germany
8 Consultant Veterinary Pathologist, Bellevue 23, 22301 Hamburg, Germany


RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PEDIGREE AND MARKER INFORMATION IN DOG BREEDS, USING SIMULATED AND REAL DATA

Leroy G. 1,2, Verrier E.1, Hospital F. 1, Meriaux J.C.3, Rognon X.1

1 INRA/AgroParisTech, UMR Génétique et diversité animales, 16 rue Claude Bernard, 75321 Cedex 05, Paris, France
2 Société Centrale Canine, 155 av. Jean Jaurès, F-93535, Aubervilliers, France
3 Labogena, Domaine de Vilvert, 7835,2 Jouy-en-Josas, France


GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WOLVES, DOGS AND TWO CROSS-BREEDS

Leroy G. 1,2, Meriaux J.C.3, Verrier E.1, Rognon X.1

1 INRA/AgroParisTech, UMR Génétique et diversité animales, 16 rue Claude Bernard, 75321 Cedex 05, Paris, France
2 Société Centrale Canine, 155 av. Jean Jaurès, F-93535, Aubervilliers, France
3 Labogena, Domaine de Vilvert, 7835,2 Jouy-en-Josas, France


OCCURRENCE AND TYPE OF MUTATIONS OF THE PROTO-ONCOGENE C-KIT IN FELINE CUTANEOUS MAST CELL TUMORS.

Lionel Martignat, Vincent Fort, Jérôme Abadie, Sonia bécavin

UMR IECM/PFBM Veterinary School of Nantes, France


CHARACTERIZATION OF GENETIC CAUSES OF FELINE HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

Jérôme Mary1,2, Valérie Chetboul3,4, Carolina Carlos Sampedrano3,4, Marie Abitbol2, Vassiliki Gouni3,4, François Serres3,4, Delphine Delattre1, Jean-Louis Pouchelon3,4, Guillaume Queney1, Anne Thomas1

1 ANTAGENE, 2 allée des Séquoias, 69760 Limonest, France.
2 Consultation de Génétique, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR955 ENVA-INRA, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France.
3 Unité de Cardiologie d’Alfort, ENVA, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France.
4 UMR INSERM-ENVA U841 (Cardiologie), ENVA, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France.


FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE PTPLA GENE SUGGESTS COMMON PHYSIOPATHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS IN SKELETAL MUSCLES OF HUMANS AND DOGS AFFECTED BY CENTRONUCLEAR MYOPATHIES (cnm) AND UNRAVELS HOMEOSTATIC ROLES IN OTHER TISSUES.

Maurer, M.1, Mary, J.1,2, Drougard, C.1, Barthélémy, I.3, Bernex, F.1,4, Guillaud, L.1, Kessler, J-L.1, Pelé, M.1, Panthier, J-J.1,5, Blot, S.3, and Tiret, L.1.

1 UMR955 INRA-ENVA de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France
2 Antagene, Limonest, France
3 Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France
4 Unité Pédagogique d'Anatomie-pathologique, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France
5 Unité de Génétique Fonctionnelle de la Souris, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France


EVIDENCE FOR INHERITANCE OF SRY-NEGATIVE XXSR IN THE SCWT

H. Mazrier1, V.N. Meyers-Wallen2, A.R. Bennet1, H.A. Lyons1, M.H. Goldschmidt1, M.J. Hendrick1, U. Prociuk1, and M.L. Casal1.

1 Departments of Clinical Studies and Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
2
J.A. Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NewYork, USA.


A THIRD GENERATION GENETIC LINKAGE MAP IN THE DOMESTIC CAT, FELIS CATUS GENERATED IN THE NESTLÉ-PURINA CAT PEDIGREE

Marilyn Menotti-Raymond1, Victor A. David1, Alejandro A. Schäffer 2, Richa Agarwala 2, Robert Stephens3, Steven S. Hannah4, Eduardo Eizirik5, Stephen J. O’Brien1

1 Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
2 National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
3 Advanced Biomedical Computing Center, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, 21702 USA

4 Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, St. Louis, MO 63134
5 Centro de Biologia Genômica e Molecular, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900, Brazil


PATTERNS OF MOLECULAR GENETIC VARIATION AMONG CAT BREEDS

Marilyn Menotti-Raymond1, Victor A. David1, Solveig M. Pflueger2, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh3, Stephen J. O’Brien1, Warren E. Johnson1

1 Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
2 Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199
3 Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02141

AN STR FORENSIC GENOTYPING SYSTEM AND POPULATION GENETIC DATABASE OF CAT BREEDS FOR GENETIC INDIVIDUALIZATION OF DOMESTIC CAT (FELIS CATUS) SAMPLES

Marilyn Menotti-Raymond1, Victor A. David1, Bruce S. Weir2, and Stephen J. O'Brien1

1 Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702
2 University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98915


MUTATIONS IN THE RSPO1 CODING REGION ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH CANINE SRY-NEGATIVE XX SEX REVERSAL IN SEVERAL BREEDS

S. Pujar and V.N. Meyers-Wallen

Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.


A SINGLE BASE TRANSITION IS THE LIKELY CAUSE OF PERSISTENT MULLERIAN DUCT SYNDROME (PMDS) IN A CANINE MODEL

S. Pujar,1 XF Wu,2 SQ Wan,2 MM Lee2 and VN Meyers-Wallen1

1 James A Baker Institute for Animal Health, Hungerford Hill Road, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 14850
2 Pediatric Endocrine Division, Department of Pediatrics and Cell Biology, , University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, MA, USA


Phenotypic variation, genotypic variation and reading frame slippage in a model of Leber’s congenital amaurosis in miniature dachshunds

Miyadera K1, 3, Kato K2, So C1, Driscoll G1, Aguirre-Hernández J1, Morimoto K2, Barnett K3, Busse C3, Ogawa H4, Sasaki N2, Mellersh C3, Sargan D1.

1 Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, UK
2 Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
3 Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7UU, UK
4 Japan Animal Medical Referral Centre, 2-5-8 Kuji, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 213-0032, Japan


MYOSIN BINDING PROTEIN C (MyBPC3) ASSOCIATED FELINE HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (HCM) IS A RECESSIVE DISEASE IN YOUNG CATS

Nyberg Godiksen, MT.1,2, Granström, S.1,2, Koch, J.2, Christiansen, M.1

1 Department of Clinical Biochemstry, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, DK
2 Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK


REINTRODUCTION OF LYNX IN SWITZERLAND – A MOLECULAR EVALUATION 30 YEARS AFTER TRANSLOCATION

Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten1 and Gabriela Obexer-Ruff2

1 KORA, Thunstr. 31, 3074 Muri b. Berne, Switzerland;
2
Institute of Genetics, Veterinary Faculty, University of Berne, Switzerland.


PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION AND GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION OF THE SHAR-PEI FEVER

Mia Olsson1, Linda Tintle2, Noriko Tonomura3, Evan Mauceli3, Francesca Puppo4, Tara Biagi3, Anne Avery5, Åke Hedhammar6, Elaine Remmers4, Dan Kastner4, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh 1,3

1 Uppsala University Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala Sweden
2 Wurtsboro Veterinary Clinic, 163 Sullivan Street, P.O. Box 910 Wurtsboro NY 12790, USA
3 Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 7 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
4 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD USA
5 Dept. Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology Colorado State University
6 Swedish University of Agricultural Science Department of Clinical Sciences, Box 7054, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden


Comparison of α- and β-Crystallins between domestic cat (Felis catus) and lions (Panthera leo) and evaluation as candidate genes for familiar cataract in lions

Ute Philipp1, Andrea Steinmetz2, Ottmar Distl1

1 Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17p, 30559 Hannover, Germany
2 Department of Small Animal Medicine, University of Leipzig, An den Tierkliniken 23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany

AN IMPROVED CANINE GENOME SEQUENCE

Pirun, M.1, Johnson, J.1, Cook, A.1, Russell, L.1, Abouelleil, A.1, Baldwin, J.1, FitzGerald, M.1, Lui, A.1, Zimmer, A.1, Broad Institute Finishing Team1, Broad Institute Genome Sequencing Platform1 and Whole Genome Assembly Team1, Lander, ES.1 & Lindblad-Toh, K.1,2

1 Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA 02141 USA
2 Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 597, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden


Artifacts of the 1.9x Feline Genome Assembly Derived from the Feline-specific Satellite FA-SAT

Joan Pontius1 and Stephen J. O’Brien2

1 Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick, Maryland 21702
2 Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA


GENETIC EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL DANISH DOG BREEDS

Proschowsky, Helle Friis, Als-Nielsen, Marlene Thorhauge

Department of Animal and Veterinary Basic Sciences, Division of Genetics and Bioinformatics. Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen


Genetics of susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis in the domestic dog

J. Quilez1*, E. Sanchez-Robert*1, A. Short 2, L. J. Kennedy 2, A. Barnes3, W. Ollier 2, A. Sanchez1, L. Altet1 and O. Francino1

1 Veterinary Molecular Genetics Service, Department of Animal and Food Science. Veterinary Fac. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
2 CIGMR, University of Manchester, UK
3 Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK


Klinefelter Syndrome in a dog with a testicular Tumor

Reimann-Berg N 1,2, Murua Escobar H 1,2, Bullerdiek J 1,2 , Nolte I 2

1 Centre for Human Genetics, University of Bremen, Leobener Str. ZHG, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
2 Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30137 Hannover, Germany.


INTRA and INTER-BREED GENETIC POLYMORPHISM OF CANINE OLFACTORY RECEPTORS.

Stéphanie Robin, Sandrine Tacher, Maud Rimbault, Amaury Vaysse, Stéphane Dréano, Christophe Hitte, Catherine André and Francis Galibert.

IGDR UMR 6061, CNRS/Université de RENNES 1, Faculté de Médecine, 2 avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard, 35000 Rennes, France


Slc11a1 (formerly Nramp1) and susceptibility to canine visceral leishmaniasis

E. Sanchez-Robert*1, L. Altet1, M. Utzet-Sadurni2, U. Giger3, A. Sanchez1 and O. Francino1

1 Veterinary Molecular Genetics Service, Department of Animal and Food Science. Veterinary Fac. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
2 Population Genomics Node. National Institute for Bioinformatics (INB), Barcelona, Biomedical Research Park, Dr. Aiguader, 88. 08003 Barcelona, Spain
3 Section of Medical Genetics, School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3900 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010 USA

PRIMARY LENS LUXATION IN TERRIER BREEDS – CLOSING IN ON THE MUTATION.

Louise Pettitt1, Elena Hernadez Merino2, Jesus Aguirre Hernandez2, David J Gould3, Gary Johnson4, Cathryn Mellersh1, David Sargan2

1 Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, Suffolk, UK.
2 Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge Veterinary School, Cambridge, UK
3 Davies Veterinary Specialists, Manor Farm Business Park, Higham Gobion, Herts., UK.
4 Dept of Veterinary Pathobiology University of Missouri – Columbia, College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbia Mo 65211


MAPPING OF X-LINKED ORANGE IN THE DOMESTIC CAT: FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE MAP TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF MULTIPLE ORIGINS OF THE ORANGE ALLELE

Anne Schmidt-Küntzel1,2, George Nelson1, Victor David1, Alejandro Schäffer3, Eduardo Eizirik4, Melody Roelke-Parker1, James Kehler5, Steve Hannah6, Stephen O’Brien5, Marilyn Menotti-Raymond5

1 Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702
2 Genetics Department, George Washington University, Washington, DC
3 NLM/NCBI/CBB, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
4 Faculdade de Biociências, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900, Brazil
5 Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI Frederick, Frederick, MD
6 Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, Saint Louis, MO.

INHERITED ADULT ONSET DEAFNESS IN BORDER COLLIES

Teresa Chu1 and Sheila M. Schmutz2

1 Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
2 Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada


ONE MITF MUTATION YIELDS MULTIPLE SPOTTING PHENOTYPES IN VARIOUS DOG BREEDS

Sheila M. Schmutz and Tom G. Berryere

Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada


CLINICAL AND GENETIC ANALYSES OF IDIOPATHIC EPILEPSIES IN FINNISH SPITZS, SCHIPPERKES AND BORDER TERRIERS

Eija H. Seppälä1,2, Päivi Jokinen1,2, Elinor Karlsson3, Ranno Viitmaa4,5, Tarja Jokinen5, Aino Pentikäinen1, Jennifer Rilstone6, Andrew Paterson6, Berge Minassian6, Michele Perloski3, Dennis O’Brien7, Gary S. Johnson7, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh3,8 and Hannes Lohi1,2,9

1 Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Finland
2 Department of Molecular Genetics, The Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Finland
3 Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, USA
4 Referral Animal Neurology Hospital Aisti, Vantaa, Finland
5 Department of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
6 The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
7 College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
8 Dept of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden
9 Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland


USING THE AFFYMETRIX CANINE SNP ARRAY TO IDENTIFY DISEASE GENES

Jeremy R. Shearman and Alan N. Wilton

School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia and Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function Analysis, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia


GENETIC EVALUATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF INDUCED HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN THE DOMESTIC DOG

Alison N. Starr1, Janice M. McNatt2, Thomas R. Famula3, Ana M. Segura4, James T. Willerson2, Keith E. Murphy1

1 Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-4467, USA
2 Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, 77225-0345, USA
3 Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616-8521, USA
4 The Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

MAJOR DNA REARRANGEMENT IN THE ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR (AHR) GENE IN IRISH WOLFHOUNDS

F.G. van Steenbeek, P.A.J. Leegwater, J. Rothuizen

Dept. of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine


PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF ADDISON’S DISEASE IN STANDARD POODLES BY IMMUNOFLUORESCENT STAINING FOR AUTO-ANTIBODIES

Stenshamn Katarina1, Alimohammadi Mohammad2, Oberbauer Anita3, Hedhammar Åke4, Hamlin Helene4, Kämpe Olle2, Lingaas Frode5 and Lindblad-Toh Kerstin1,6

1 Uppsala University, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.
2 Department of Medical Sciences, University Hospital, Research Department 2, Lab 21, Entrance 70, 3rd Floor, Uppsala University, SE-75185 Uppsala, Sweden.
3 Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
4 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences, Box 7054, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
5 Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, P.O. Box 8146, Department 0033, Oslo, Norway.
6 Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.

Fine-mapping of preliminary hemangiosarcoma loci reveals sharing across breeds

Noriko Tonomura1,2, Sarah Fryc1, Elinor Karlsson1, Jaime Modiano3, Matthew Breen4,Chieko Azuma2, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh 1,5

1 Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA 02141 USA
2 Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, 200 Westboro Rd, North Grafton, 01536 MA USA
3 College of Veterinary Medicine and Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, 1365 Gortner Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108
4 Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, # 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606
5 Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 597, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden

CHROMOSOME-SPECIFIC SCAN TO DEFINE QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI INVOLVED IN CANINE HIP DYSPLASIA

Kate L. Tsai1, Janjira Phavaphutanon2, Raluca G Mateescu3, Zhiwu Zhang4, Margaret Venier-Singer5, George Lust6, Keith E. Murphy1, Rory J. Todhunter5

1Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467
2Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
3Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
4Institute for Genomic Diversity, Biotechnology Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
5Department of Clinical Sciences, Box 32 College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
6Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

LOCALISATION OF AN EPILEPSY GENE IN BOERBOEL DOGS.

M. Vos-Loohuis, Q. Stassen, P.A.J. Leegwater

Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University


A Novel Locus For Dilated Cardiomyopathy Maps to Canine Chromosome 8

Petra Werner a, Michael G. Raducha a, Ulana Prociuk a, Meg M. Sleeper b, Paula S. Henthorn a

Sections of a Medical Genetics and b Cardiology, Department of Clinical Studies-Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.


MHC CLASS II POLYMORPHISM IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN IMMUNE-MEDIATED DISEASE COMPLEX, “TOLLER DISEASE”, IN NOVA SCOTIA DUCK TOLLING RETRIEVER

Maria Wilbe1, Päivi Jokinen2, Christina Hermanrud1, Helene Hansson-Hamlin3, Lorna J Kennedy4, Hannes Lohi2 and Göran Andersson1

1 Dept of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
2 Dept of Basic Veterinary Science and Dept of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki and Folkhälsan Research Institute, Finland
3 Dept of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
4 Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

THE CANINE LACTOME: AN IN SILICO COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Peter Williamson

Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, NSW 2006. Australia.


DOGSET: PRE-DESIGNED PRIMER SETS FOR FINE RESOLUTION MAPPING AND DNA SEQUENCE INTERROGATION IN THE DOG

Aaron K. Wong and Mark W. Neff

University of California School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA 95616


Screening of Coagulation Factor VII deficiency in research beagles

Jonathan Wood1, Kimberley Cohen2, Dawn Boyers2, Adam Seng1, Eva Tcherneva1, Urs Giger1

1 Section of Medical Genetics, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010, USA
2 Covance Research Products, Cumberland VA, 23040 USA