Group: Rottweiler Health Testing

  • Hair/Coat Length (Fluffy FGF5:c284G>T)

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    Long-haired coat length is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Therefore, dogs that are carriers of the long-hair mutation usually appear to be normal (short hair) but will likely pass on the long-hair allele 50% of the time. Click Here for DDC Tests

  • Elbow Dysplasia

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    The Three Faces of Elbow Dysplasia Elbow dysplasia is a general term used to identify an inherited polygenic disease in the elbow of dogs. Three specific etiologies make up this disease and they can occur independently or in conjunction with one another. These etiologies include: 1. Pathology involving the medial coronoid of the ulna (FCP)…