Disease	Comments	Laboratory
Alpha mannosidosis	Detection of the gene responsible for alpha mannosidosis in Domestic Longhair, Domestic Shorthair, and Persian cats	ZOO
Bengal Progressive Retinal Atrophy		UCD
Blood typing	Identification of blood type in all cat breeds except Ragdoll and Turkish Angora	ZOO
Burmese Head Defect		UCD
Burmese Hypokalemia		UCD
Curly/wavy phenotype	Detection of the gene responsible for curly/wavy coat in Devon Rex cats	ZOO
Erythrocytic pyruvate kinase deficiency		UCD; ZOO
Glycogen Storage Disease Type IV (GSD IV)	Norwegian forest cat	UCD
GM2 Gangliosidosis		UCD
Hairless phenotype	Detection of the gene responsible for hairlessness in Sphynx cats	ZOO
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	Maine Coon and Ragdoll	UCD
M1 & GM2 Gangliosidosis	Korat cat	UCD
Mucopolysaccharidosis VI		UCD
Mucopolysaccharidosis VII		UCD
Niemann-Pick disease		ZOO
Persian Derived - Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA-pd)	Persian cat	UCD
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD)		UCD; ZOO
Sphynx and Devon Rex Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome (CMS)		UCD
Spinal muscular atrophy	Detection of the gene responsible for spinal muscular atrophy in Maine Coon cats	UCD; ZOO

 

Labs

Animal Laboratories
AHT: Animal Health Trust, UK
CO: Colorado State University, USA
COR: Cornell University, USA
CDC: Centers for Disease Control, USA
CT: University of Connecticut, USA
DCPAH: Michigan State University, USA
GLAS: University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
GOC: University of Guelph, Canada
GmBH: IVD GmBH, Germany
IDL: infectious Disease Laboratory, USA
ISU: Iowa State University, USA
KSU: Kansas State University, USA
MO: University of Missouri, USA
NC: North Carolina State University, USA
NDSU: North Dakota State University, USA
NE: Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, USA
PUR: Purdue University, USA
SKW: Prairie Diagnostic Services, Saskatchewan, Canada
TOSU: The Ohio State University, USA
TVMDL: Texas Vet Med Diagnostic Lab, USA
UA: University of Arizona, Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory, USA
UCD: University of California- Davis, USA
ULiv: University of Liverpool, England, UK
UGA: University of Georgia, USA
UM: University of Minnesota, USA
UNAM:  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
UPenn: University of Pennsylvania, USA
UPre: University of Pretoria, South Africa
OSU: Oregon State University, USA
VETD: Vet Diagnostics, Lyon, France
VIO: Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK
WSU: Washington State University, USA

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