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VetGen, the world’s leader in canine genetic testing, has introduced a new DNA test for Schipperke Coat Color.  DNA testing has identified the genotype associated with Chocolate/Brown and Fawn/Cream in Schipperke’s.  VetGen has determined that these genes are the same as those causing similar colors in other breeds and this has allowed the extension and validation of the test for Schipperke’s.

The VetGen ChromaGene™ test may be used to determine if a breeding pair is carrying either of these genes called “b” and “e” respectively and therefore determine if the pair could produce a non-black pup.  For additional information, you may wish to view
Don Neilsen’s letter to the SCA Board

DNA Testing at VetGen is Easy to Use, Accurate, and at the Cutting Edge of Canine Breeding Technology.

The ChromaGene™ DNA Test is available from VetGen or through you veterinarian.  The price of this new test is $85.  After you order the test, VetGen mails the DAN Sample Collection Kit to you.  The kit contains three cheek swabs; you follow the simple collection instructions and mail the kit back to VetGen by normal mail. Confidential result war then sent to you within about two weeks after receipt of the sample at VetGen.  To place an order over the phone or for more information please contact VetGen below.

Coat Color Inheritance Chart
for the Schipperke
ChromaGene™ Type

	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
I	All Black	All Black	All Black	All Black	All Black	All Black	All Black	All Black	All Black
II	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Yellow	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Yellow	½ Black ½ Yellow	½ Black ½ Yellow	½ Black ½ Yellow	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Yellow
III	All Black	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Choc.	¾ Black ¼ Choc.	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Choc.	½ Black ½ Choc.	½ Black ½ Choc.	½ Black ½ Choc.
IV	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Yellow	¾ Black ¼ Choc.	9/16 Black ¼ Yellow 3/16 Choc.	½ Black ½ Yellow	3/8 Black ½ Yellow 1/8 Choc.	¼ Black ½ Yellow ¼ Choc.	½ Black ½ Choc.	3/8 Black ¼ Yellow 3/8 Choc.
V	All Black	½ Black ½ Yellow	All Black	½ Black ½ Yellow	All Yellow	All Yellow	All Yellow	All Black	½ Black ½ Yellow
VI	All Black	½ Black ½ Yellow	¾ Black ¼ Choc.	3/8 Black ½ Yellow 1/8 Choc.	All Yellow	All Yellow	All Yellow	½ Black ½ Choc.	¼ Black ½ Yellow ¼ Choc.
VII	All Black	½ Black ½ Yellow	½ Black ½ Choc.	¼ Black ½ Yellow ¼ Choc.	All Yellow	All Yellow	All Yellow	All Choc.	½ Choc ½ Yellow
VIII	All Black	All Black	½ Black ½ Choc.	½ Black ½ Choc.	All Black	½ Black ½ Choc.	All Choc.	All Choc.	All Choc.
IX	All Black	¾ Black ¼ Yellow	½ Black ½ Choc.	3/8 Black ¼ Yellow 3/8 Choc.	½ Black ½ Yellow	¼ Black ½ Yellow ¼ Choc.	½ Yellow ½ Choc.	All Choc.	¾ Choc ¼ Yellow

Now that you have tested your dog and know its ChromaGene™ Type, use this table for breeding strategies and breeding stock selection. The outer ring shows the visible coat color with the small upper right circle showing the nose color (black or liver). The inner rings show the hidden color genes carried by the dog. Entries in the table show the probabilities of producing various coat colors within a litter. For example, if your results show that your dog is a Type VI, your dog is a yellow dog with a black nose carrying the hidden genes for black and chocolate. If you were to mate your dog with a Type VIII, the resulting litter would, on the average, have half black and half chocolate puppies. These probabilities represent expectations averaged over the long run and are subject to the law of probabilities.

Note that any breeding which produces both chocolate and yellow has the potential to produce chocolate nosed yellows. If the breeding does not have the potential to produce blacks, only yellow and chocolate, all yellows will have chocolate noses.