Because the current test is a marker test and not a direct gene test, I don't know how useful the test would be. This is a question you would have to ask directly to the researchers.
Thyroid test/age
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I was recommended by a Basenji breeder friend to get Buddy's thyroid tested now that he's a year old. He's not showing any of the signs of low thyroid but she said he should get checked. I just had him at the vet 2 weeks ago for a yeast infection and she said, without me saying anything about it that she'd check his thyroid but she felt he's too young.
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Never too young to get a base line…. and please look at this link it is pretty much written in layman's terms and follows Dr. Dodds recommentations.
http://www.gdhfa.org/ThyroidLaBrie.htm
See the section on Current that explains about idiopathic hypothyroidism and autoimmune thyroiditis.
Then see the section on Current Testing Recommendations
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Never too young to get a base line…. and please look at this link it is pretty much written in layman's terms and follows Dr. Dodds recommentations.
http://www.gdhfa.org/ThyroidLaBrie.htm
See the section on Current that explains about idiopathic hypothyroidism and autoimmune thyroiditis.
Then see the section on Current Testing Recommendations
Thank you Pat for that link!
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Glad to help…
