Banksia Park Puppies

Ethically breeding dogs for over 70 years and 3 generations

DNA Testing

Independent DNA TestingDNA Tested

Parents of our puppies undergo a thorough DNA test which checks them for every disease which they can currently be tested for. What the parent is tested for depends on what breed or cross breed they are.
Banksia Park Puppies also tracks the detection of these diseases in the puppies it sells. It is important to know that almost all of these diseases are yet to be detected in our puppies or in some cases, even in Australia.

We perform these tests as part of our diligent surveillance to ensure we keep the incidence of problems in our puppies to an absolute minimum.

DNA tests are a useful part of deciding which parents will be used to have puppies. It is only part of the information used though. Banksia Park Puppies has a strong bias towards Progeny Analysis which is the monitoring and recording of disease in the puppies we sell.  Geneticists typically regard progeny analysis as the best information in choosing individuals for breeding.

Depending on the breed or cross breed of the parent; our DNA testing includes:

  • AUTOSOMAL HEREDITARY RECESSIVE NEPHROPATHY
  • BLACK HAIR FOLLICULAR DYSPLASIA CANINE HYPERURICOSURIA
  • CANINE MULTIFOCAL RETINOPATHY CMR1
  • CENTRONUCLEAR MYOPATHY (LABRADOR RETRIEVER TYPE)
  • COAT COLOUR DILUTION ALOPECIA
  • CONGENITAL MYASTHENIC SYNDROME (LABRADOR RETRIEVER TYPE)
  • CURLY COAT DRY EYE SYNDROME
  • CYSTINURIA (SLC3A1) LABRADOR RETRIEVER TYPE
  • DRY NOSE (HEREDITARY NASAL PARAKERATOSIS)
  • ELLIPTOCYTOSIS (B-SPECTRIN)
  • EPISODIC FALLING SYNDROME
  • FACTOR VII DEFICIENCY
  • GM2 GANGLIOSIDOSI ICHTHYOSIS A (GOLDEN RETRIEVER)
  • NARCOLEPSY (LABRADOR)
  • NEONATAL ENCEPHALOPATHY
  • NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS 5
  • MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA
  • MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS VI
  • MULLERDUCT MULLERIAN DUCT SYNDROME
  • MYOTUBULAR MYOPATHY X-LINKED MYOTUBULAR MYOPATHY CLEAR-LINKED
  • MYOTONIA CONGENITA (MINIATURE SCHNAUZER TYPE)
  • OCULO-SKELETAL DYSPLASIA PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE DEFICIENCY
  • GENERALISED PRA1 &PRA2
  • PREKALLIKREIN DEFICIENCY
  • PYRUVATE KINASE DEFICIENCY (CANINE)
  • TRAPPED NEUTROPHIL SYNDROME
  • COLLIE EYE ANOMALY/CHOROIDAL HYPOPLASIA
  • COPPER TOCLEARICOSIS (ATP7B & ATP7A) LABRADOR RETRIEVER TYPE
  • DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY
  • EXERCISE INDUCED COLLAPSE
  • IVERMECTIN SENSITIVITY MDR1 (MULTI DRUG RESISTANCE)
  • PRIMARY LENS LUXATION
  • SKELETAL DYSPLASIA 2 (DWARFISM SD2)
  • VON WILLEBRAND’S DISEASE TYPE I