While the following studies are not being funded by SCARF, they may be of interest to Samoyed owners:
Note: Thank you to everyone who participates in any study to help our breed. Please understand that the organizations performing the studies listed here will keep your dog’s DNA and information for their use only. Please also consider donating swabs and data to the SCARF databank. It is the only anonymous, not-for-profit DNA/data bank owned and held in trust by and for the Samoyed breed. This would ensure that DNA from all of your dogs (both healthy and affected Samoyeds) will be preserved to help in future studies for diagnoses, treatments and cures. For further information see DNA/data questions and answers on this website or contact SCARF’s president at president@samoyedhealthfoundation.org
Canine Genome Project - The Ostrander Laboratory at the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH is soliciting donations of blood samples from pure bred dogs for canine health research. They are working on projects to help reduce the incidence of inherited diseases, and to understand disease patterns across breeds… more
Canine Epilepsy Research - needed are samples from a large number of affected individuals and their immediate family members (siblings, parents, and grandparents), from many breeds of dogs.
Glaucoma: Wisdom Health has announced it is in Phase 1 of a study on inherited eye diseases in dogs and are looking for DNA from Samoyeds diagnosed with glaucoma…more
Genetic diseases - VetGen is interested in collecting samples from families of dogs in which two or more are affected with a genetic disease.