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Miniature Smooth Dachshund owners: we need your help for a new IVDD and epilepsy study
Find out how you can help with IVDD research if you own a Miniature Smooth Dachshund.
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Breeders. Would you like to join a new IVDD reduction study?
Embark on a journey with the Dachshund IVDD Reduction Initiative (DIRI) and help transform dachshund lives worldwide!
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Dachtober 2023: your opportunity to support our new IVDD research projects
Throughout October 2023, we're encouraging clubs, individuals and groups of Dachshund owners to organise fundraising events and activities.
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Sign-up for the Kennel Club's webinar on IVDD
The Kennel Club has announced an exciting webinar they are holding later this month on IVDD.
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IVDD Survey Results 2022-23
Results of our 2 IVDD surveys.
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Join the IVDE Chondroitinase Trial: Affordable Treatment for Paralysed Dogs
Join the IVDE Chondroitinase Trial: Affordable Treatment for Paralysed Dogs
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Recovery from hemilaminectomy surgery - 2 surveys - can you help?
Recovery from hemilaminectomy surgery - 2 surveys - Vets and Owners - can you help?
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Genotyping for a variant in SLC13A1 - results of an IVDD research study
Genotyping for a variant in SLC13A1 - results of an IVDD research study
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IVDD Rehab webinar videos
Dachshund Health UK ran a series of webinars in October and November 2022, presented by Dr Marianne Dorn.
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Can you help with 2 new surveys into back disease in Dachshunds (IVDD)?
One survey is for dogs who have had treatment following an IVDD episode, and the other for those who haven't had IVDD.