Breeding schemes for intervertebral disc disease in dachshunds: Is disc calcification score preferable to genotyping of the FGF4 retrogene insertion on CFA12?

Table 4 Genotyping of the Ins allele in wire-, long- and smooth-haired Dachshunds with ≥5 and < 5 calcifications

Number of calcifications	*Ins/Ins*	*Ins/N*	*N/N*	Total	Χ²	p-value
Wire-haired					37.13	< 0.0001
≥ 5	32	1	0	33
< 5	15	29	7	51
Total				84
Long-haired					0.22	0.89
≥ 5	13	0	0	13
< 5	22	0	0	22
Total				35
Smooth-haired					3.75	0.15
≥ 5	17	0	0	17
< 5	12	2	1	15
Total				32

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