Tallgreydogmom Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 OSA paper has been published yesterday in Genome Biology. Genome study looking at location of loci for inheritied OSA in greyhounds, Irish wolfhounds, & rotties http://genomebiology.com/2013/14/12/R132 Quote Then God sent the Greyhound to live among man and remember. And when the Day comes, God will call the Greyhound to give Testament, and God will pass judgment on man. (Persian Proverb) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Liz_in_PA Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 In the background statement, is it saying that 26 percent of racing greyhounds get OS or that if a greyhound gets it, his chances of dying are 26 per cent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greytpups Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 mortality is 26%, in other words 26% die from OS Quote Jan with precious pups Emmy (Stormin J Flag) and Simon (Nitro Si) and Abbey Field. Missing my angels: Bailey Buffetbobleclair 11/11/98-17/12/09; Ben Task Rapid Wave 5/5/02-2/11/15; Brooke Glo's Destroyer 7/09/06-21/06/16 and Katie Crazykatiebug 12/11/06 -21/08/21. My blog about grief The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not get over the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same, nor would you want to. ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryJane Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) That's also the way that I read it - 26% die from OS. But... not sure where they are getting these numbers from unless they just used the 300 greyhounds in their study. As far as I know, there is no national database that has the "death certificates" of greyhounds where they could pull these numbers from. edited to add ... not saying the 26% is right or wrong ... just questioning where the number came from. Edited December 14, 2013 by MaryJane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoesmom Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I was just getting ready to post this, but Cora beat me to it. I am a bit confused as this article doesn't have Dr. Alvarez's name on it. He was doing the greyhound genetic study at Children's Hospital in Columbus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmswartzfager Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 The 26% references an online survey completed by greyhound owners some years back: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1939-1676.2007.tb01945.x/abstract;jsessionid=EB6124C43EE28157E0AE8B5B89694787.f04t03 Quote Deanna with galgo Willow, greyhound Finn, and DH BrianRemembering Marcus (11/16/93 - 11/16/05), Tyler (2/3/01 - 11/6/06), Frazzle (7/2/94 - 7/23/07), Carrie (5/8/96 - 2/24/09), Blitz (3/28/97 - 6/10/11), Symbra (12/30/02 - 7/16/13), Scarlett (10/10/02 - 08/31/13), Wren (5/25/01 - 5/19/14), Rooster (3/7/07 - 8/28/18), Q (2008 - 8/31/19), and Momma Mia (2002 - 12/9/19). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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