[Jacob-list] JSBA Newsletter - November Edition

[Jacobflock at aol.com]

Dear Listers - Scotland vet services has reported a fatal case of  
lysosomal storage disease in a 7 month old ewe from small flock of 19  sheep.  The 
mutation is yet to be identified but there is a working  hypothesis that it 
is the same mutation as was identified in the Jacob  flock in England ... 
identical to the mutation from Turner 183K  ....  identical to the 170 sheep 
with the G444R mutation identified in US  flocks.  Next places ???  perhaps 
Ireland and stock exported to  Europe.   As we move into lambing season please 
watch for congenital  problems and seek help; as they go thru their first 
year watch for signs that  signal abnormal development... perhaps other 
metabolic disorders.    Regards - Fred Horak
 
 
In a message dated 11/2/2011 6:49:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
mudranch at gmail.com writes:

Hi Fred,
 
Thank you so much for your article -- I think it has some very  interesting 
information about the Tay-Sachs and I learned a lot.  
 
I would like to feature this article in the February 2012 JSBA Newsletter  
as it will fit the content a lot better.  This November newsletter is all  
about the AGM and various shows.
 
I hope you don't mind me holding on to it until February, and again,  thank 
you so much.
 
Kind Regards,
Joan Gross
JSBA Newsletter Editor


On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 7:26 AM, <_Jacobflock at aol.com_ 
(mailto:Jacobflock at aol.com) > wrote:


Dear Joan - I have attached a closing article on the Jacob mutation  which 
might be illuminating to those members interested in the  science of Jacob 
genetics, discouraging to those looking to bury  congenital problems and 
fascinating to those who enjoy an  honest mystery.   
 
You are encouraged to check with the JSBA before publishing material on  
the TSD mutation; (a) the original material alerting  to gangliosidosis from 
10 years ago was never published,  (b) the article in the JSBA newsletter 
last year was nearly a  year after submission and (c) I am the 'bad news'  
messenger and the message, to some  breeders, is best 'ignored'.  The JSS has 
also had a  similar response to this threat to the breed.
 
Regards - Fred Horak
 
 
In a message dated 9/26/2011 7:51:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
_mudranch at gmail.com_ (mailto:mudranch at gmail.com)  writes:

Hi Everyone,
 
Please remember, and keep in mind, that the deadline for the November  
issue of the JSBA's newsletter is October 15.  If you have anything  to submit, 
please make sure and have it to me by then.  There are a  few of you that I 
will be contacting privately for content etc... Beware.  ;)
 
Thank you!

-- 
Joan Gross
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