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Viking Dogs Helping the Blind

Viking Dogs Helping the Blind

Jan 7, 2015 | animal research, animals helping animals, animals helping humans, Conditions, Medical Research, treatment

Scientists are utilizing information found in two mutated genes in two different viking breed dogs to help not only the canines in the fight against blindness but humans as well.  After hearing of a rise in deteriorating eyesight in a rare breed known as the Swedish Vallhund, researchers traveled many miles, testing hundreds of dogs […]

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