HNPK

PLEASE NOTE: the mandatory material is a min. of 2 ml EDTA-blood
Application of the test:
- Recognition of mixed-breed, healthy carriers for breeding selection
- Differential diagnosis of nose/nostrils with scaling.
HNPK, Hereditary Nasal Parakeratosis, is a more or less pronounced desquamation of the nose observed in Labrador Retrievers.
The skin that has been damaged in this way can be more easily infected by pathogens, which can lead to complications. The animals are otherwise healthy.
The inheritance is autosomal recessive; the hereditary disease occurs when both gene copies carry the mutation, mixed carriers are healthy.
*** = the test is carried out in a partner laboratory