Canine Screen

What it covers

Breed identification and composition, global and local ancestry, and shared breed traits and inherited-disease risk.

What you get

A clear breed and ancestry breakdown with relative-risk insight for inherited conditions.

Who it's for

Breeders, veterinarians and dog owners who want to understand a dog's origins and health.

From sample to report

A simple sample is analysed through our canine pipeline: variant calling, ancestry inference against a diverse breed reference, and disease insight mapped to iDog and OMIA.

How a dog is tested

Canine testing is the same array logic as the human panels, run against a dog genome of roughly 2.5 billion base pairs, and it starts with a swab rather than a blood draw.

• Sample: a cheek swab, collected at home, with no vet visit and no blood needed.
• Method: a microarray chip scanning over 171,000 genetic markers across the genome.
• Breed: the marker profile is compared against a reference breed database, so ancestry comes back as a proportional breakdown rather than a single label.
• Health: variants are read for single-gene conditions, where two copies of a mutation put a dog at risk and one makes it a carrier, and for multiple-gene conditions, where many small variants combine.

What the report gives a pet owner

The report is written for the person making decisions about the dog, so every section ends in something practical rather than in a genotype.

• Breed breakdown: ancestry as proportions, so a mixed-breed dog reads as the mix it is.
• Health status: each condition returned as clear, carrier or at risk, with the gene, genotype and inheritance pattern shown, and the list split into fatal and common conditions.
• Mating compatibility: shared markers, carrier status and genetic diversity assessed across a pair, to avoid pairings that would produce affected puppies.
• Physical attributes: coat colour, height and weight predicted from the genes controlling pigment production and growth.
• Behavioural attributes: the variants associated with temperament, where any are found.
• Care plan: grooming, exercise, interactive games and nutrition, written against the results for that particular dog.