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University of Cambridge has identified the genetic mutation that causes PRA in English Shepherd Dogs.
Dogs with PRA have normal sight at birth, but by the age of four or five they will be totally blind.
By identifying dogs carrying the disease before their eyesight starts to fail, this provides a tool to guide breeding decisions so the disease is not passed on to puppies.
PRA is the thirty-third genetic mutation causing an inherited disease in dogs that the team has found.
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