Cleft Palate and Syndactyly (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Type)

Other Names: Cleft Lip/Palate and Syndactyly, CLPS
Affected Genes: ADAMTS20
Inheritance: Autosomal Recessive With Variable Expressivity
Mutation: chr27:10553479-10553480 (canFam3): 2 bp deletion (del AA)
Breed(s): Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

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Common Symptoms

Cleft palate and syndactyly (Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever type) is an inherited developmental disease affecting dogs. Affected dogs present at birth with facial deformities of variable severity which include incomplete fusion of the upper lip (clefts) under one or both nostrils which often extends to involve an incomplete fusion of the palate and an open connection between the nasal cavity and mouth. In addition to malformation of the face and mouth, most affected dogs also display partial or complete fusion of the third and fourth toes (syndactyly) on any or all of their feet.

Testing Tips

Genetic testing of the ADAMTS20 gene will reliably determine whether a dog is a genetic Carrier of cleft palate and syndactyly (Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever type). Cleft palate and syndactyly (Nova Scotia duck tolling tetriever type) is inherited in an Autosomal Recessive manner in dogs meaning that they must receive two copies of the mutated gene (one from each parent) to develop the disease. In general, carrier dogs do not have features of the disease but when bred with another carrier of the same Mutation, there is a risk of having affected pups. Each pup that is born to this pairing has a 25% chance of inheriting the disease and a 50% chance of inheriting one copy and being a carrier of the ADAMTS20 gene mutation. Reliable genetic testing is important for determining breeding practices. In order to eliminate this mutation from breeding lines and to avoid the potential of producing affected pups, breeding of known carriers to each other is not recommended. Dogs that are not carriers of the mutation have no increased risk of having affected pups.

There may be other causes of this condition in dogs and a normal result does not exclude a different mutation in this gene or any other gene that may result in a similar genetic disease or trait.

References

  • Wolf ZT, Brand HA, Shaffer JR, Leslie EJ, Boaz A, Willet CE, Cox TC, McHenry T, Narayan N, Feingold E, Wang X, Sliskovic S, Karmi N, Safra N, Sanchez C, Deleyiannis FWB, Murray JC, Wade CM, Marazita ML, Bannasch DL. Genome-Wide Association Studies in Dogs and Humans Identify ADAMTS20 as a Risk Variant for Cleft Lip and Palate. PLoS Genet. 2015 Mar 23;11(3):e1005059. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005059. [PubMed: 25798845]