To: All Lhasa Apso Breeders

From: DNA Solutions LLC,
11014 Schuylkill Rd.,
Rockville, MD, 20852
301-881-2235

We wish to thank you for your support in our efforts to uncover a mutation
responsible for renal dysplasia in your breed. This includes the parent club,
the American Lhasa Apso Club, as well as the Lhasa Apso Club of Central Colorado.

We are pleased to announce that we have discovered a mutation in our
candidate gene that could account for this disease.  To this end, we are persuing a
screening test and pedigree study to confirm our findings.  In principal, the
identified mutation should affect the biological function of the gene in
question.  We still have a lot of work to do to confirm that this mutation is the
cause of renal dyplasia in your breed.  We have DNA sequenced the entire gene
from an affected Lhasa, as well as another breed not known to have RD.

All interested participants, and other breeds afflicted with juvenile RD
should contact us at info@DNASolutions.biz, or 301-881-2235 or 301-770-3586.

Again, this is a very exciting first step in solving this problem in Lhasa's
and other breeds.


Thank you so much,


Mary H. Whiteley, Ph.D.,
President, DNASolutions LLC