Optigen - nouveau test pour les yeux - Primary Lens Luxation

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On m'a informé qu'un nouveau test pour les yeux existe chez Optigen. Ca concerne ma race, mais plusieurs races des membres du forum ici. Majoritairement chez le terrier mais également vu sur d'autres races.

Primary Lens Luxation (PLL) Testing is now available at OptiGen

For: American Eskimo Dog, American Hairless (Rat) Terrier, Australian Cattle Dog, Chinese Crested, Chinese Foo Dog, Jack Russell Terrier, Jagd Terrier, Lakeland Terrier, Lucas Terrier, Lancashire Heeler, Miniature Bull Terrier, Norwich Terrier, Parson Russell Terrier, Patterdale Terrier, Pug, Rat Terrier, Russell Terrier, Sealyham Terrier, Teddy Roosevelt Terrier, Tenterfield Terrier, Tibetan Terrier, Toy Fox Terrier, Volpino Italiano, Welsh Terrier, Wire-haired Fox Terrier and Yorkshire Terrier.

OptiGen is pleased to offer a mutation-based test for Primary Lens Luxation (PLL). This test is based on research conducted at the Animal Health Trust (AHT) in the UK by Gould et al. (Vet Ophthalmol. 2011 Nov;14(6):378-84). The PLL mutation has been identified in many breeds, primarily those of the terrier group, but also includes non-terrier breeds such as the American Eskimo Dog, the Chinese Crested and the Australian Cattle Dog.

PLL is an important inherited disease of the eye that is associated with disintegration of the zonule fibers that hold the lens in place. Once the lens is displaced from its normal position, i.e. it “subluxates” or “luxates”, serious and often painful secondary glaucoma can occur; blindness is a common outcome. PLL is always a bilateral condition however there may be a period of several months or longer between the points when the two lenses luxate.