I have 10 Basenjis being retested.
For four of them I wanted to have new DNA used in the retest. I ordered two new kits on 13 September 2011 at the full price (one for Lukuru na Liboso Mopaya and one for Lukuru Lema). Both Mopaya and Lema tested "Probably Clear" with the linked marker test.
I had read several notes about very positive turn-arounds with testing … a typical example was someone who ordered the kit for one of her dogs on the evening of Friday 16 September. The order was not processed until Monday 19 September due to the weekend. Yet, she received their test kit on the following Friday (23 September 2011), swabbed the dog and mailed it out the next day, and found the results posted at the status link by the next Friday (30 September 2011).
So, I was encouraged by the quick processing.
Anyway, by 26 September the two kits that I had ordered on 13 September had still not arrived. I checked the order status and it said "Collection kit sent" undated.
On 4 October there was no change on the order status and no kits had arrived. So I called OFA and left a voice message, followed-up by an email.
I got an email response on 7 October saying that the two kits had been mailed out and to let me know if I hadn't received them by the following Monday (10 October). Well, the following Monday was a holiday and there was no mail. But, that didn't matter because they did not arrive in Tuesday's mail. So, I sent another email note on Tuesday 11 October and asked for kits to be resent.
The two kits arrived the following Saturday (15 October). I did the swab for Mopaya and sent it in. The swab for Lema was sent to her home. I followed the database status updates ... which I think is a FABULOUS service!!! OFA received the new swab on 20 October and processed it on 25 October. With the direct gene test, Lukuru na Liboso Mopaya is CLEAR.
The other eight Lukuru dogs all tested "Indeterminate between Clear and Carrier." There was some discussion in September that the lab would retest all the Indeterminate's at some point just for the research value and I wanted to wait to see if anything was said about that by the 1 November date.
Since nothing further was said about that, I went ahead and ordered the second two 'new' kits on 26 October 2011 for Lukuru Amisi and Lukuru MPale. Those two kits arrived promptly on 29 October. I collected the DNA and mailed out the new swabs on 31 October. OFA received the two new swabs on 1 November and processed them on 8 November. The results are posted the day they are processed.
Both Amisi and MPale had been "Indeterminate" with the linked marker test. With the direct gene test, Lukuru Amisi is CLEAR and Lukuru MPale is CLEAR.
And finally, the six puppies (Amisi X Mopaya) were left to retest.
Yes, of course I know that they will be CLEAR BY PARENTAGE. But, for the sake of the study, I wanted to have their DNA on file retested with the direct gene test. So, on 2 November I ordered the six retests and the database indicated "Retest Scheduled."
As I watch people posting results from tests submitted after mine but run in the batch of testing done earlier this week, I began to wonder what had happened to my six retests. So, earlier today I called OFA and asked. Here is what happened today:
The database has now been changed to "Received 11/09/2011" which I was told means that their DNA has now been pulled from storage and put into the next batch for testing. OFA had just run a huge batch this week and will not be running another Fanconi testing until Monday. So, my final six will be retested on Monday 14 November and the results should be posted that evening. Hopefully they will also have received Lema's swab in time for the Monday run.
Cody is my first ever pure-bred Basenji so I find all of this Fanconi stuff daunting.! But I know whatever the results - we'll do what needs to be done. Still - it's all a little scary. But, better to know than not, right? And again, thanks for taking the time to give me the information. This is why I LOVE this group! It's like I have a whole arsenal of folks to help me raise my beautiful B correctly!
