What is Optimal Selection™?

Tuesday, 23 March 2021

Optimal Selection™ provides breeders with the most comprehensive test of its kind, to promote "smarter breeding through genetics". This test is a screening tool for genetic conditions related to drug sensitivities, vision, weight, mobility, and more, with 200+ health tests, including 40+ traits (coat colors, coat types, and morphology) and the genetic diversity of the tested dog. The tests included are:

2,8-dihydroxyadenine (DHA) Urolithiasis
Acral Mutilation Syndrome
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Alaskan Husky Encephalopathy
Alexander Disease
Amelogenesis Imperfecta
Bandera's Neonatal Ataxia
Benign Familial Juvenile Epilepsy
Canine Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency (CLAD), type III
Canine Multifocal Retinopathy 1
Canine Multifocal Retinopathy 2
Canine Multifocal Retinopathy 3
Canine Scott Syndrome
Centronuclear Myopathy (Discovered in the Great Dane)
Centronuclear Myopathy (Discovered in the Labrador Retriever)
Cerebellar Ataxia
Cerebellar Cortical Degeneration
Cerebellar Hypoplasia
Cerebral Dysfunction
Chondrodysplasia
Cleft Lip & Palate with Syndactyly
Cleft Palate
Collie Eye Anomaly (CEA)
Complement 3 Deficiency
Cone Degeneration (Discovered in the Alaskan Malamute)
Cone Degeneration (Discovered in the German Shepherd Dog)
Cone Degeneration (Discovered in the German Shorthaired Pointer)
Cone-Rod Dystrophy
Cone-Rod Dystrophy 1
Cone-Rod Dystrophy 2
Congenital Dyshormonogenic Hypothyroidism with Goiter (Discovered in the Shih Tzu)
Congenital Hypothyroidism (Discovered in the Tenterfield Terrier)
Congenital Hypothyroidism (Discovered in the Toy Fox and Rat Terrier)
Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome (Discovered in the Golden Retriever)
Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome (Discovered in the Jack Russell Terrier)
Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome (Discovered in the Labrador Retriever)
Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome (Discovered in the Old Danish Pointing Dog)
Congenital Stationary Night Blindness (CSNB)
Craniomandibular Osteopathy
Cystic Renal Dysplasia and Hepatic Fibrosis
Cystinuria Type I-A
Cystinuria Type II-A
Deafness and Vestibular Dysfunction (Discovered in Doberman Pinscher)
Degenerative Myelopathy
Demyelinating Neuropathy
Dental Hypomineralization
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Dominant Progressive Retinal Atrophy
Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (Discovered in the Central Asian Ovcharka)
Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (Discovered in the Golden Retriever)
Early Adult Onset Deafness For Border Collies only (Linkage test)
Early Retinal Degeneration (Discovered in the Norwegian Elkhound)
Early-onset PRA (Discovered in the Portuguese Water Dog)
Early-Onset Progressive Polyneuropathy (Discovered in the Alaskan Malamute)
Early-Onset Progressive Polyneuropathy (Discovered in the Greyhound)
Enamel Hypoplasia (Discovered in the Parson Russell Terrier)
Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis
Episodic Falling Syndrome
Exercise-Induced Collapse
Factor VII Deficiency
Factor XI Deficiency
Fanconi Syndrome
Fetal Onset Neuroaxonal Dystrophy
Focal Non-Epidermolytic Palmoplantar Keratoderma
Generalized Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Discovered in the Schapendoes)
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia Type I
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia Type I (Discovered in Great Pyrenees)
Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy (Discovered in Terriers)
Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy (Discovered in the Irish Setter)
Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia
Glycogen Storage Disease Type IIIa, (GSD IIIa)
GM1 Gangliosidosis (Discovered in the Portuguese Water Dog)
GM1 Gangliosidosis (Discovered in the Shiba)
GM2 Gangliosidosis (Discovered in the Japanese Chin)
GM2 Gangliosidosis (Discovered in the Toy Poodle)
Goniodysgenesis and Glaucoma (Discovered in the Border Collie)
Hemophilia A (Discovered in Old English Sheepdog)
Hemophilia A (Discovered in the Boxer)
Hemophilia A (Discovered in the German Shepherd Dog - Variant 1)
Hemophilia A (Discovered in the German Shepherd Dog - Variant 2)
Hemophilia A (Discovered in the Havanese)
Hemophilia B
Hemophilia B (Discovered in the Airedale Terrier)
Hemophilia B (Discovered in the Lhasa Apso)
Hereditary Ataxia (Discovered in the Norwegian Buhund)
Hereditary Elliptocytosis
Hereditary Footpad Hyperkeratosis
Hereditary Nasal Parakeratosis (Discovered in the Greyhound)
Hereditary Nasal Parakeratosis (Discovered in the Labrador Retriever)
Hereditary Vitamin D-Resistant Rickets Type II
Hyperekplexia or Startle Disease
Hyperuricosuria
Hypocatalasia
Hypomyelination
Hypophosphatemia
Ichthyosis (Discovered in the American Bulldog)
Ichthyosis (Discovered in the Great Dane)
Intestinal Cobalamin Malabsorption (Discovered in the Beagle)
Intestinal Cobalamin Malabsorption (Discovered in the Border Collie)
Intestinal Cobalamin Malabsorption (Discovered in the Komondor)
Juvenile Encephalopathy (Discovered in the Parson Russell Terrier)
Juvenile Laryngeal Paralysis and Polyneuropathy
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
L-2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria
L-2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria (Discovered in the Westie)
Lagotto Storage Disease
Lamellar Ichthyosis
Lethal Acrodermatitis (Discovered in the Bull Terrier)
Ligneous Membranitis
Lung Developmental Disease (Discovered in the Airedale Terrier)
Macrothrombocytopenia
May-Hegglin Anomaly
MDR1 Medication Sensitivity
Microphthalmia (Discovered in the Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier)
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIA (Discovered in the Dachshund)
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIA (Discovered in the New Zealand Huntaway)
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VII (Discovered in the Brazilian Terrier)
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VII (Discovered in the German Shepherd Dog)
Muscular Dystrophy (Discovered in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel)
Muscular Dystrophy (Discovered in the Golden Retriever)
Muscular Dystrophy (Discovered in the Landseer)
Muscular Dystrophy (Discovered in the Norfolk Terrier)
Muscular Hypertrophy (Double Muscling)
Musladin-Lueke Syndrome
Myeloperoxidase Deficiency
Myotonia Congenita
Myotonia Congenita (Discovered in the Labrador Retriever)
Myotonia Congenita (Discovered in the Miniature Schnauzer)
Myotubular Myopathy
Narcolepsy (Discovered in the Dachshund)
Narcolepsy (Discovered in the Labrador Retriever)
Nemaline Myopathy
Neonatal Cerebellar Cortical Degeneration
Neonatal Encephalopathy with Seizures
Neuroaxonal Dystrophy
Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (Discovered in the Papillon)
Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (Discovered in the Rottweiler)
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 1
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 7
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 8 (Discovered in the Alpine Dachsbracke)
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 8 (Discovered in the Australian Shepherd)
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 8 (Discovered in the English Setter)
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 8 (Discovered in the Saluki)
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 12 (Discovered in the Australian Cattle Dog)
Obesity risk (POMC)
Osteochondrodysplasia
Osteochondromatosis (Discovered in the American Staffordshire Terrier)
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Discovered in the Beagle)
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Discovered in the Dachshund)
P2RY12-associated Bleeding Disorder
Paroxysmal Dyskinesia
Persistent Müllerian Duct Syndrome
Phosphofructokinase Deficiency
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Prekallikrein Deficiency
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (Discovered in the Alaskan Malamute)
Primary Lens Luxation
Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (Discovered in Basset Fauve de Bretagne)
Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (Discovered in Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen)
Primary Open Angle Glaucoma and Lens Luxation (Discovered in Chinese Shar-Pei)
Progressive Early-Onset Cerebellar Ataxia
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Discovered in the Swedish Vallhund)
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Discovered in the Basenji)
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Discovered in the Golden Retriever - GR-PRA1 variant)
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Discovered in the Lhasa Apso)
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Discovered in the Papillon and Phalène)
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Discovered in the Shetland Sheepdog - BBS2 variant)
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Discovered in the Shetland Sheepdog - CNGA1 variant)
Progressive Retinal Atrophy 1 (Discovered in the Italian Greyhound)
Progressive Retinal Atrophy Type III
Progressive Rod Cone Degeneration (prcd-PRA)
Protein Losing Nephropathy
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Phosphatase 1 Deficiency
Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency (Discovered in the Basenji)
Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency (Discovered in the Beagle)
Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency (Discovered in the Pug)
Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency (Discovered in the West Highland White Terrier)
QT Syndrome
Renal Cystadenocarcinoma and Nodular Dermatofibrosis
Rod-Cone Dysplasia 1
Rod-Cone Dysplasia 1a
Rod-Cone Dysplasia 3
Sensory Ataxic Neuropathy
Sensory Neuropathy
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (Discovered in Frisian Water Dogs)
Shaking Puppy Syndrome (Discovered in the Border Terrier)
Skeletal Dysplasia 2
Spinocerebellar Ataxia (Late-Onset Ataxia)
Spinocerebellar Ataxia with Myokymia and/or Seizures
Spondylocostal Dysostosis
Spongy Degeneration with Cerebellar Ataxia
Spongy Degeneration with Cerebellar Ataxia (Discovered in Belgian Malinois)
Stargardt Disease (Discovered in the Labrador Retriever)
Trapped Neutrophil Syndrome
Van den Ende-Gupta Syndrome
von Willebrand's Disease, type 1
von Willebrand's Disease, type 2
von Willebrand's Disease, type 3 (Discovered in the Kooiker Hound)
von Willebrand's Disease, type 3 (Discovered in the Scottish Terrier)
von Willebrand's Disease, type 3 (Discovered in the Shetland Sheepdog)
X-Linked Ectodermal Dysplasia
X-Linked Hereditary Nephropathy (Discovered in the Navasota Dog)
X-Linked Hereditary Nephropathy (Discovered in the Samoyed)
X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy
X-Linked Progressive Retinal Atrophy 1
X-Linked Progressive Retinal Atrophy 2
X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (Discovered in the Basset Hound)
X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (Discovered in the Cardigan Welsh Corgi)
X-Linked Tremors
Xanthinuria (Discovered in a mixed breed dog)
Xanthinuria (Discovered in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel)
Xanthinuria (Discovered in the Toy Manchester Terrier)