ISI In France, in February 2014, a new association was born: ISI, for Sanitary informations about Inu. The aim? Inform and help owners about Japanese dog’s diseases, through owner’s experiences sharing and specialist’s advices. Blood from Akitas is needed Still in...
Before we can understand the health situation of Akitas, we need to understand basic genetics. Genes and autoimmune problems Genes make all living organisms, including man, work. I could explain about genes, alleles, and genomes but let's keep this very simple. The...
Wohoooo! Finally they have found gene what is connected to the dog allergies/atopy! We might get gene test at some point! Best news in long long time 🙂 Here you can read about it!
About the French study - in english Kindly Guillaume Moerman has translated the French information to English. He also informed of that the staff of the National Research Center should be able to speak Enlglish and therefore would be able to answer questions from...
Read about the French project In French only (for now) but it readable when using Google Translate to English. Click here
The dog genetics group in University of Helsinki Autoimmune diseases have to do with an individual's defense mechanisms. In an autoimmune disease the body's immune system attacks its own tissue considering it harmful. These diseases often have a hereditary component...
Two new studies on auto immune diseases As you might know the SA study in Germany is on hold for two years since spring 2012, but they still want to receive blood samples. Read about it at www.wuac.info and look in the menu to the left for: "NEWS" and then...
Help French SA & VKH Research! We need your help to collect Akita Inu (Japanese Akitas) pedigrees,from any kennel clubs, whether the dog is healthy or sick. Every pedigree can come in handy. This is the first step for a coming research project on SA and VKH which...