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The Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) provides animal parentage verification, identification, forensics services, genetic diagnostics and genetic disease research as a self-supporting unit of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis.
VGL is internationally recognized as a pioneer and expert in DNA-based animal testing.
VGL also offers an extensive animal forensic services program, diagnostic tests for genetic diseases, and support for genetic research in domestic species, primates and wildlife.
We offer DNA tests for cats, dogs,
horses, cattle, goats, pigs, and a variety of other species direct to the public as well as on a contract basis for breed registries and associations.
**Holiday Closure**
May 28, 2018
*****NEW TESTS*****
Juvenile Hereditary
Cataracts (JHC)
Boston Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier & French Bulldog
Hereditary Cataracts (HC)
Australian Shepherd
Goat Scrapie
Research Update on Goat Scrapie
Hereditary Nasal Parakeratosis (HNPK)
Friesian Horse
Dwarfism & Hydrocephalus
PCS test for Romagnola
PMT test for
Chianina and Romagnola
Canine Multifocal Retinopathy (CMR1)
Canine Multifocal Retinopathy (CMR2 and CMR3)
Von Willebrand's Disease (vWD)
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (NSDTR) Tests
Chondrodystrophy
(CDDY and IVDD Risk) and Chondrodysplasia (CDPA)
- TEST INFORMATION
VGL offers its expertise in parentage verification, identification testing, genetic disease screening and diagnostic testing. - FORENSICS
VGL provides forensic analysis, DNA typing and genetic testing on forensic evidence for law enforcement agencies and the public. - RESEARCH
VGL supports research to improve the health and breeding programs of animals, covering a wide variety of species.
