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BAER Hearing Test Special: $60 per pup Litter Rate groups of 6 or more St Francis Animal Hospital BAER Testing Center Evaluates Hearing and Screens Pets for Deafness - Comprehensive Testing Using State of the Art Equipment
- Meets all Regulatory Requirements for Orthopedic Foundation of America (OFA) and American Kennel Club (AKC)
- A Detailed Report is Produced for each Patient
- Followup testing available using Bone Stimulation Transduction
- reveals deafness is due to conduction (not heritable) versus congenital deafness (passed on to offspring)
- Dogs must be at least 35 days (5 weeks).
- 5 to 7 weeks are the preferred ages, with 5 weeks the best age
- Testing can be performed on any age dog or cat
- Sedation is usually not needed in young pups or kittens
- The owner holds the pup (unless you prefer we hold)
Current Breeder Special (Call or email for details) | | BAER HearingTest* | | 1* to 5 Pup(s) (5-12 weeks of age) | $65 per Pup* | | 6 plus Pups (5-12 weeks of age) | $60 per Pup | | 1* to 5 Pup(s) (>12 weeks of age) | $65 per Pup* | | 6 plus Pups (>12 weeks of age) | $60 per Pup | | 1* to 5 Adult(s) | $65 per Adult* | | 6 plus Adults | $60 per Adult |
*For a single animal, there is also a $36 office visit. There is no office visit for 2 or more animals. Options available with BAER Test Microchip: $25.00 Vaccinations: DHPP: $5 Coronavirus: $2; Bordetella: $5 | Health Certificate: $5 Rabies: $5 Worming: $1 Sedation: $20 |
St Francis Animal Hospital www.StFrancisVet.comPhone: 717-684-3870Joseph A. Robuccio, DVM, MS3935 Concordia Rd. Columbia, PA Easy Access Between Lancaster, York and Harrisburg from Rte 283 (Salunga Exit) and Rte 30 (Prospect Rd Exit)Click Directions & Map Link on left for Directions. Harrisburg 25 minutes Baltimore 50 minutes York 10 minutes Gettysburg 45 minutesScranton 2.5 hours Lancaster 10 minutes Pittsburgh 3.5 hours Philadelphia 90 minutes
BAER Testing is used to evaluate hearing,
detect brain stem and middle ear disease, and is ideal for
identifying deafness in breeds predisposed to hearing
loss.The BAER is the recording of brain stem
potentials in response to an auditory click stimulus in the ear
canal. The BAER is used to evaluate hearing, often in context of
vestibular abnormalities and brain stem lesions. The BAER is ideal
for identifying deafness in breeds predisposed to hearing loss.
Puppies and kittens ideally 5-7 weeks old are tested using
pediatric auditory tubes inserted into their ear canals. Each ear
is tested independently. Puppies that are deaf in only one ear can
still pass on the gene for deafness and should not be used in
breeding programs. Appointments can be scheduled to test full
litters in one visit. Reference to Dr. George Strain's Deafness in Dogs and Cats
website: http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/deaf.htm |
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Dog Breeds With Reported Congenital Deafness*[Bold = relative high prevalence] | | Akita | Dogo Argentino | Pit Bull Terrier | | American Bulldog | English Bulldog | Pointer | | American-Canadian Shepherd | English Cocker Spaniel | Presa Canario | | American Eskimo | English Setter | Puli | | American Staffordshire
Terrier | Foxhound | Rhodesian Ridgeback | | Australian Cattle
Dog | Fox Terrier | Rat Terrier | | Australian
Shepherd | French Bulldog | Rottweiler | | Beagle | German Shepherd | Saint Bernard | | Bichon Frise | Great Dane | Samoyed | | Border Collie | Great Pyrenees | Schnauzer | | Borzoi | Greyhound | Scottish Terrier | | Boston Terrier | Havanese | Sealyham Terrier | | Boxer | Ibizan Hound | Shetland Sheepdog | | Bulldog | Italian Greyhound | Shih Tzû | | Bull
Terrier | Jack Russell Terrier | Shropshire Terrier | | Cardigan Welsh
Corgi | Kuvasz | Siberian Husky | | Catahoula Leopard Dog
| Labrador Retriever | Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier | | Cavalier King Charles
Spaniel | Löwchen | Springer Spaniel | | Chihuahua | Maltese | Sussex Spaniel | | Chinese Crested | Miniature Pinscher | Tibetan Spaniel | | Chow Chow | Miniature Poodle | Tibetan Terrier | | Cocker Spaniel | mongrel | Toy Fox Terrier | | Collie | Norwegian Dunkerhound | Toy Poodle | | Coton de Tulear | Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever | Walker American Foxhound | | Dalmatian | Old English Sheepdog | West Highland White Terrier | | Dappled Dachshund | Papillon | Whippet | | Doberman Pinscher | Perro de Carea Leonés | Yorkshire Terrier (n=81) |
*Note: dogs of any breed can have congenital deafness, from a
variety of causes. Breeds with white pigmentation are most
affected. Reference: Dr. George M. Strain at: http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/breeds.htm |
Cat Breeds with Reported Congenital
Deafness: - White
- White Scottish Fold
- European White
- White Turkish Angora
- Foreign White
- White American Wirehair
- White Cornish Rex
- White American Shorthair
- White Devon Rex
- White British Shorthair
- White Manx
- White Exotic Shorthair
- White Persian
- White Oriental Shorthair
Reference: Dr.George Strain at: http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/catbreeds.htm |
Breed-Specific Deafness Prevalence In Dogs (percent) | | Breed | Dogs
Tested | Bilaterally
Hearing | Unilaterally
Deaf | Bilaterally
Deaf | Total Deaf
(uni + bi) | | Dalmatian | 5,333 | 70.1% (3,740) | 21.9% (1,167) | 8.0% (426) | 29.9% (1,593) | Bull Terrier
white
colored | 665
346
311 | 89.0% (592)
80.1% (277)
98.7% (307) | 9.9% (66)
18.0% (62)
1.3% (4) | 1.1% (7)
2.0% (7)
0.0% (0) | 11.0% (73)
19.9% (69)
1.3% (4) | | English Setter | 662 | 87.6% (580) | 10.3% (68) | 2.1% (14) | 12.4% (82) | English Cocker Spaniel
parti
colored
solid
color | 1,136
1,067
60 | 93.1% (1,057)
93.0% (992)
98.3% (59) | 5.9% (67)
5.9% (63)
1.7% (1) | 1.1% (12)
1.1% (12)
0.0% (0) | 6.9% (79)
7.0% (75)
1.7% (1) | | Australian Cattle Dog | 296 | 85.5% (253) | 12.2% (36) | 2.4% (7) | 14.5% (43) | | Catahoula Leopard Dog* | 78 | 37.2% (29) | 23.1% (18) | 39.7% (31) | 62.8% (49) | | Whippet* | 80 | 98.8% (79) | 0.0% (0) | 1.3% (1) | 1.3% (1) | | Jack Russell Terrier* | 84 | 86.9% (73) | 7.1% (6) | 6.0% (5) | 13.1% (11) |
*Insufficient numbers of animals tested at this time for
percentages to be meaningful. Reference: Dr. George M.
Strain, Louisiana State University at
http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/incidenc.htm |
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