Known and theoretical carriers of ARDS

 In the first table, ”generation L0”, all known carriers are included. This is both the parents of the ARDS-litters, the dogs in these litters and the dogs between the parents and the ”mother of ARDS”. One theoretical carrier, O´Soul Kavaljero, has been freed, because of his breeding results. Generation L1 includes all litters where a generation L0 dog is father or mother, generation L2 is the next, and so on.

If a litter is marked L1+L3, both parents are on the lines. Then the statistical probability of inheriting the genes is increased by a factor of 1.25 compared to if only the L1 parent was involved.

The tables are thought to be complete for the Nordic countries. Due to lack of information from several breed clubs, many litters from central/eastern European countries are missing.

 How to read the tables:

The tables of L1 to L5 list litters, not individual dogs, sorted by registration year. The column for registration year also contains a national identification ( CZ for Czech Republic, D for Denmark, E for England, F for Finland, N for Norway, S for Sweden, T for Germany). For example is the Tachetee A litter registered by 1987 F. The names of the father and mother of each litter is given to the right of the litter name.

If the litter has no registered kennel/breeder name, and if the same letter is not used for all the puppies in a litter, the name of one dog is given, such as Oliver ++, sometimes with the breeeder´s name in parantheses and occasionally with registration numbers in the column far right. A few times the names of individual dogs in a litter have been included, where the identification otherwise is difficult (as for some Audhumla dogs).

 All tables like this could contain errors, typographical or otherwise. Anyone who claims to have found an error in a table, should report this immediately to ECDC, who will then examine if a correction is required.