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What health tests should Lab breeders do?

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The Labrador Retriever Club asks for OFA hip and elbow evaluations done at or after 24 months, an eye exam by a board-certified ophthalmologist within a year of breeding, and DNA tests for EIC and the dilute (D-locus) gene. It also highly recommends CNM, PRA-prcd and cardiac screening. Check both parents in the OFA database.

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  1. Labrador Retriever Club, Inc.: Breeders Code of Conduct

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