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BEFORE you send in your blood samples, please email us to request the account number for billing.

 

If you just need to fill out the online questionnaires, please create a user account by filling out this form and indicating that you have already submitted/plan to submit samples to our project. For more details, click here.

KIT REQUESTS

DNA collection kits will be sent upon request. Although we still provide cheek (buccal) swab kits to anyone interested, we highly encourage you to consider submitting a blood sample for your dog. Buccal swab-obtained DNA has limited utility for us in the lab whereas DNA obtained from blood samples is of substantially higher quality and can be used with the most recent technologies. Though we cannot offer reimbursement for sample collection, many veterinarians will draw blood samples for no cost if you let them know you are participating in a scientific research study. If you are submitting a blood sample, you do not need to provide a buccal sample for the same dog.

All results and information of individual dogs and their owners and breeders are STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

Kits consist of the following items:

1. 3 cheek (buccal) swabs or one 5mL blood sample per animal.

2. Sample collection information paperwork and instructions.

3. Questionnaire for each animal.

4. Self-addressed return envelope; all shipping material & paid postage for blood samples only.

Instructions for collection samples

Mail samples to:
Canine Behavioral Genetics
UCSF/LPPI
401 Parnassus Ave.
Box 0984-NGL, Rm.G-70
San Francisco, CA 94143-0984

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Online Kit Request and Registration Form
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Brief Project Questionnaire

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List any MEDICAL concerns that run through your dog's pedigree line.

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