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Shorthaired tan pointed Dachshund looking at viewer
Cddy/ivdd

By Wisdom Breeder Team

Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD) Genetic Risk Study

A partnership between Wisdom Panel and the Canine Genetics Centre, Cambridge investigating the genetics of disc calcification in Dachshunds. 
Cat on an island in the Mediterranean
Cat

By Casey Knox DVM

The Origins of the Domestic Cat

Previous research suggested that domestic cats originated in the Near East nearly 10,000 years ago. New genetic evidence has now shown that the origin of cats is much more recent and complex, involving cat worship,...
Asian Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in the jungle
Cat

By Casey Knox DVM

Leopard cats and domestics: the rise and fall of cats in China

Researchers in Beijing have shown that the first domesticated felines in China were not domestic cats, but leopard cats, by several thousand years. Read to learn more about the rise and fall of cats in...