  
James A. Baker Institute PRA
Study Participants
NSDTRC (USA) Health & Genetics
Published March 1, 2002
Congratulations! Without your unwavering
devotion and belief in the project we never would have had our day!
We started with six dogs, and within a few short years there were almost 100
in the study! Wow! Mind boggling. I can't thank you enough for always being
there for me. I began to feel a little like the "Vampire Lady" when I would
e-mail for more blood, more blood.
"Thank you," seems so inadequate when compared to the time you gave and the
many expenses you incurred when gathering dogs from remote places for yet
another eye check. But believe me when I say "Thanks" it comes from the bottom
of my heart. Never in a thousand years could I have done it without your
fantastic support.
I'd like to give a little extra recognition to some of the people involved in
the study.
Foxgrove Kennel - Sue Kish:
Sue contributed information on over a dozen dogs and at one time drove down to
JAB with dogs, blood and even semen. Thank you Sue.
Kylador Kennel - Lillian Greensides/Karen
Wright: Lillian on more then one occasion made
arrangements to get dogs down to her so she could do eye checks and gather blood
for shipping. I swear some of these dogs were so far north the only form of
transportation was by dog sled. Thank you Lillian for always being there for me.
Lennoxlove Kennel - John Hamilton/Marile
Waterstraat: John and Marile's Rusty Jones was one of
the six. Both made numerous trips with their Tollers as well as other people to
Cornell. I know of a couple of times when John gave up training to drive dogs
down to Dr. Aguirre while Marile was at work - now that's devotion to a cause.
Thanks to both of you.
Springvale Kennel - Sue Dorscheid/Mike
Elmergreen: Their Arrow was one of the six. Sue spent
lots of time running down Toller owners I couldn't reach and getting them to
have eye tests and arranging to have blood sent.
A very special thanks goes to Jody &
Michael Petry who traveled many miles to pick up a
Toller that was quite important to the study. They arranged for blood tests as
well as CERF and then drove the dog back home.
Thanks to your perseverance, Toller breeders now have the availability and
results from the new prcd-2/PRA Toller blood test, to safely choose from a wider
pool of Toller breeding stock. No longer do we need to avoid a known or
suspected carrier of PRA or a pedigree with PRA in its background. Thanks to
the 100 dogs that participated in this exciting research and the persistent
efforts of researchers, Toller owners and breeders, we have the tool needed to
make informed choices.
Of course, it goes without saying that all the Tollers in the study made a
significant contribution and we are forever grateful to the many members in the
USA and Canada that supported the study program at the J. A. Baker Institute
through their financial contributions.
By way of saying "thank you"' the PRA Division would like to present you
with a Certificate of Appreciation. Instructions for receiving this certificate
follow.
I would greatly appreciate it, if you would fill out the listing form and
send to the Eye Registry. This particular form is only for the Study group
dogs. The results for the Study dogs are listed only with James A. Baker
Institute and not OptiGen. We don't want to see these results just disappear.
So, believe it or not, once again you have the opportunity to be a
ground-breaker - the first to register.
NSDTRC (USA) Health & Genetics has developed an Eye Registry. This was done
to keep track of and use wherever possible, all test results relating to the
Toller Eye. The first step is the formation of a PRA test results database.
Your help would really be appreciated by me. Please consider listing in the
open section. I feel if those Toller owners whose dogs come back with a "B" or
"C" see that some of the top breeders list their dogs, that it will give them
the courage to follow suit. There is comfort in numbers.
Before I close good friends, let me say once more how proud I am of all of
you who have given so much to see this dream come true. Thank you
Sue Van Sloun, PRA Study Coordinator
INSTRUCTIONS
For PRA study participants:
1. You need to submit a request form to James A. Baker Inst. to obtain your
test results for any of your dog, whose blood samples were sent to Dr. Aguirre
for developing this test.
** Please understand that all of the submitted samples were not used to develop
this test. In that case a letter will be sent by the J.A. Baker Institute
notifying you that results are not available for those samples not used.
2. The form is available .pdf format. Click
here to download
3. Or to receive a form via mail, please
contact:
Liz Corey: (607) 657-4458
turkeyridge645@msn.com
Keith Watamura, Baker Institute: (607) 256-5694
krw9@cornell.edu
(4) Lisiting Form:
Available in .pdf format.
Click here to download
Or contact:
Liz Corey: (607) 657-4458
turkeyridge645@msn.com
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