New Research in Delayed Postoperative Hemorrhaging (DEPOH)

New link found in sight hound research. The suspected disease gene identified in the paper (SERPINF2 ) codes for the protein “antiplasmin”. This protein slows the process of blood clot degradation, so that a lack of the protein results in unstable blood clots and rebleeding after injury According to Dr. Marjory Brooks of the Comparative Coagulation Section-Animal Health Diagnostic Center Cornell University, the clinical signs and ancestry (sight hounds) don’t seem to be close matches for the GSMD problem. However, based on this research a pre-surgery test was developed and is available. The GSMDCA HF would not discourage Swissy owners from adding this test to the standard pre-surgery blood work protocols.