08/14/2025
If this applies to you and your loved one(s) please consider joining these studies and contributing to the science that will better the health of our beloved breed moving forward.
Hello Poodle Owners and Lovers 🐩👁️👁️🐩
My name is Dr. Elizabeth Greif and I am a 🐾canine geneticist🧬 working at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine with veterinary ophthalmologist Dr. Gustavo Aguirre and senior research scientist Dr. Leonardo Murgiano. Our team is looking for genetic risk factors associated with inherited diseases in poodles that lead to impaired vision.👁️ We really need to increase our study populations so that we can validate candidate genetic variants and identify new ones! We are looking to enroll healthy dogs and dogs affected by these disease (listed below and in graphic)—can you help us? From this research, a genetic test can be developed to help breeders maintain diversity in the breed while also producing healthy dogs. We really need your help! Please email me to enroll or to ask any questions, and thank you for taking the time to read this post! ❤️
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· Standard poodles diagnosed with polymicrogyria by a neurologist
· Standard poodles without polymicrogyria who are white-coated, or any coat color but have an MRI
· Standard poodles with seizures that began before the dog was 5 years old
· Any poodle with another eye condition, such as PRA or microphthalmia
· Any poodle without an eye condition and with an adult eye exam
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We are also searching for smaller poodle varieties:
· Miniature or toy poodles with cataracts and eye exams
· Miniature or toy poodles older than 8 years and without cataracts, with an adult eye exam
· Miniature poodles with optic nerve hypoplasia or micropapilla with eye exams
· Miniature poodles without hypoplasia or micropapilla, with an eye exam from 6 months of age or older
· Toy poodles with optic nerve hypoplasia or micropapilla with eye exams
· Toy poodles without hypoplasia or micropapilla, with an eye exam from 6 months of age or older