Shola the English Shephard when blind (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Shola the English Shephard when blind

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Shola has Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) – an incurable inherited disease that has caused her to go blind.

New research led by Cambridge University has developed a genetic test that means this awful disease can be eliminated from future generations of the breed.

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