Senior cat sunning in a chair
Cat

Graceful Aging in Cats

Several factors are known to affect rate of aging in cats, and healthy aging comes with changes. Learn about what’s normal in senior cats to give the best life to your pedigreed felines. 
New Feature: Breeder Access Canine
Breeder advanced

New Feature: Breeder Access Canine

An exclusive new feature is available for Wisdom Panel™ Breeders – the ability to share dog and cat profiles for viewing and use in Advanced applications like Profiling and Parentage.  
Breeder Access Cat Screen Shot
Breeder advanced

New Feature - Breeder Access Feline

An exclusive new feature is available for Wisdom Panel™ Breeders – the ability to share cat profiles for viewing and use in Advanced applications like Profiling and Parentage.
Crazy Cat Vet Conference
Cat

Crazy Cat Vet Conference

Join the Crazy Cat Vet, Dr. Petra Černá, and Wisdom Panel™ speakers Jason Huff, PhD and Casey Knox, DVM for this year’s conference as we and other experts discuss current topics of importance to cat...
British Shorthair mother and kitten drinking
Cat

Life Expectancy in Pedigreed Cats

Learn about the longest and shortest-lived breeds as reported by groups around the world, what impacts life expectancy, and how pedigreed cats compare to household cats. The answers may surprise you. 
Asian Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in the jungle
Cat

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...
Light copper British Shorthair Cat Lying on Sofa
Cat

Sunshine, Copper, and Flaxen Gold: CORIN in Cats

Wideband coat types are now know to be strongly influenced by the CORIN gene, with newly discovered variants called sunshine, extreme sunshine, and copper already discovered. Read more to learn about this active area of...
Boston terrier nose close-up
Disorder

Snub-Nosed Dogs, BOAS, and RFGS

Learn about the genetics behind snub-nosed dogs and their relationship to Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS), how it’s diagnosed, and how you can help. 
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Eye conditions

Hereditary Cataracts Discovery in Northern Dog Breeds

One of the first known genetic variants associated with cataracts in dogs was discovered in part by Wisdom Panel™ scientists. CPT1A occurs in specific northern breeds of dog, and is implicated in cataract formation. Learn...