ChessieInfo

Information on Chesapeake Bay Retriever Genetics, Health, and Pedigrees

Research Projects Needing Participation

This page is designed as a clearinghouse of sorts for researchers looking for tissue, blood, or other samples for research projects. Click on any link below to be taken to the web page devoted to that particular project, and see if your dog meets the criteria to be included in that particular study.

Cancer - Van Andel Research Institute - Canine Hereditary Cancer Consortium (CHCC).

Cataracts - Animal Health Trust in the UK.

Complete Heart Block - University of Florida

Degenerative Myelopathy - ongoing research, University of Missouri

Fragmented Coronoid Process (Elbow Dysplasia) - Cornell University

Melanoma - Broad Institute

PRA - ongoing research through OptiGen.

PRA - Animal Health Trust

Sarcoma - North Carolina State University

Spinal Cord Injuries - North Carolina State University