Scientists have identified the genetic mutation that causes progressive retinal atrophy in English Shepherd Dogs, which results in incurable blindness, and developed a genetic test to help eliminate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Often an owner may not even realize their dog has progressive retinal atrophy until middle-age, long after puppy breeding may have ...

Dogs don’t rely on their eyesight like humans do. Their eyesight isn’t as strong as ours, so their sense of smell in particular tends to be much more important. And unfortunately, dogs can sometimes ...

A new DNA test for dogs could reportedly soon help stop progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), a condition that causes man's best friend to gradually become blind, for English Shepherds. This is by ...

A dog’s ability to see shapes how they experience their surroundings and connect with those they love. Yet this depends on the health of the entire eye, and diseases such as diabetes can disrupt ...

Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) is an inherited disorder that causes certain dogs to go blind Researchers in England have discovered the gene responsible for PRA, and created a test to alert ...

Shola, who assisted with search-and-rescue operations in the U.K., has moved to her second act: saving other English Shepherds from blindness. By Amelia Nierenberg Amelia Nierenberg endured fetch and ...

The new DNA test means there is no reason why another English Shepherd Dog ever needs to be born with progressive retinal atrophy, which causes total blindness. Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) is a ...

Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) is a group of inherited diseases that causes progressive degeneration of the light sensitive cells at the back of the eye. Dogs with PRA have normal sight at birth, ...