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jmvdwiel · 09-01-2010, 10:26

I don't think the test is being sold yet

, the university did put a lot of energy and money in it to develop the test. And of course they have to get some money back before they wil sell the test.
The test was very hard to develop because the dwarf-allele where hard to find in the DNA.

But maybe.. if you can get lots of samples (about 50 or so) maybe they are willing to give you some discount.
In Holland we managed to get 7 samples at the clubmatch, so I think it would be possible for other countries to get more samples. Maybe you can find a veterinarian that want to draw some blood for free as a hobby

(just like we did in Holland)
Maybe it is possible to fundraise some money especially for the dwarf test, and what you can do is only testing the new parents of litters and ask a little bit more for the puppies.
Ans as Maike says probably you wil end with more alive puppies in a litter and only if you have 1 pup more in a litter you wil have your money back from the test.

09-01-2010, 10:26	#36
jmvdwiel Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,061	I don't think the test is being sold yet , the university did put a lot of energy and money in it to develop the test. And of course they have to get some money back before they wil sell the test. The test was very hard to develop because the dwarf-allele where hard to find in the DNA. But maybe.. if you can get lots of samples (about 50 or so) maybe they are willing to give you some discount. In Holland we managed to get 7 samples at the clubmatch, so I think it would be possible for other countries to get more samples. Maybe you can find a veterinarian that want to draw some blood for free as a hobby (just like we did in Holland) Maybe it is possible to fundraise some money especially for the dwarf test, and what you can do is only testing the new parents of litters and ask a little bit more for the puppies. Ans as Maike says probably you wil end with more alive puppies in a litter and only if you have 1 pup more in a litter you wil have your money back from the test. Last edited by jmvdwiel; 09-01-2010 at 11:02.