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. 2014 Feb 13;28(2):515–521. doi: 10.1111/jvim.12317

Table 1.

Genotypes at SOD1:c.118 and A allele frequencies for breeds with at least 50 tested members.

Breed Number Tested Genotype A Allele Frequency Breed Number Tested Genotype A Allele Frequency
G/G G/A A/A G/G G/A A/A
Wire Fox Terrier 79 1 7 71 0.94 Borzoi 787 548 209 30 0.17
Pembroke Welsh Corgi 3,209 220 898 2,091 0.79 English Springer Spaniel 127 97 17 13 0.17
Boxer 3,934 500 1,177 2,257 0.72 Border Collie 80 63 7 10 0.17
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 73 10 27 36 0.68 French Bulldog 87 64 18 5 0.16
Pit Bull Terrier 53 23 6 24 0.51 Irish Setter 57 42 12 3 0.16
American Water Spaniel 91 22 46 23 0.51 Shiloh Shepherd 221 161 53 7 0.15
Australian Shepherd 113 57 20 36 0.41 Great Pyrenees 85 68 10 7 0.14
Collie 151 73 39 39 0.39 Saint Bernard 78 60 15 3 0.13
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier 88 45 18 25 0.39 Chinese Crested 53 40 13 0 0.12
Hovawart 64 31 17 16 0.38 Staffordshire Bull Terrier 52 46 1 5 0.11
Bernese Mountain Dog 2,413 941 1,112 360 0.38 Mastiff (English Mastiff) 114 93 19 2 0.10
Chesapeake Bay Retriever 2,344 958 1,034 352 0.37 Norwich Terrier 74 60 14 0 0.09
German Shepherd Dog 6,458 3,155 1,884 1,419 0.37 Australian Cattle Dog 61 53 5 3 0.09
Tibetan Terrier 69 32 24 13 0.36 Coton de Tulear 110 94 16 0 0.07
Kerry Blue Terrier 558 254 223 81 0.34 Labrador Retriever 475 433 19 23 0.07
Czechoslovakian Wolfdog 52 24 21 7 0.34 Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Ret. 59 52 6 1 0.07
Cardigan Welsh Corgi 544 271 194 79 0.32 Poodle‐Standard 533 468 60 5 0.07
Pug 382 202 113 67 0.32 Beagle 57 52 3 2 0.06
Jack Russell Terrier 60 36 10 14 0.32 Belgian Malinois 101 92 6 3 0.06
Bloodhound 264 125 117 22 0.30 Tenterfield Terrier 66 59 7 0 0.05
Canaan Dog 169 87 67 15 0.29 Siberian Husky 97 92 3 2 0.04
Rhodesian Ridgeback 2,645 1,381 1,023 241 0.28 Dalmatian 180 172 4 4 0.03
Kuvasz 75 46 19 10 0.26 Golden Retriever 334 322 2 10 0.03
Welsh Terrier 72 41 25 6 0.26 Rottweiler 76 73 2 1 0.03
Komondor 55 32 22 1 0.22 Doberman Pinscher 55 54 0 1 0.02
Shetland Sheepdog 58 41 10 7 0.21 Alaskan Malamute 61 60 0 1 0.02
Tamaskan (Aatu Tamaskan) 59 40 17 2 0.18 Newfoundland 62 61 0 1 0.02
Puli 123 87 29 7 0.17 Rat Terrier 63 62 1 0 0.01

Breed (and number tested) for 9 breeds represented only by G/G homozygotes: Weimaraner (112); Great Dane (84); Field Spaniel (75); Basenji (59); Akita (58); English Cocker Spaniel (56); Greater Swiss Mountain Dog (53); Bouvier des Flandres (51); Dachshund (50).