Your dog has been evaluated by Embark and you would like to take advantage of Feragen Dog-Matching?

This is possible, but you have to keep a few things in mind.
Only the diversity data from the Embark raw data is calculated and entered into the database. Health results and body and coat characteristics created by Embark are not entered.
You will receive the diversity of your dog (not calculated by Embark) and the genetic inbreeding coefficient for 6 generations*.

It is not possible to read the DLA haplotypes from this raw data. This means that you can only use part of the dog matching.
If you not only want to check the diversity of your puppies in advance, but also want to ensure that the DLA haplotypes of your puppies, which are important for the immune system, are heterozygous, then you must order a DLA haplotype determination from Feragen.

How does the registration work?

You have to download the Embark Raw Data of your dog.
Send this ZIP file and the data of your dog (name/age/breed/sex) (Or a link to a database (breed archive, Working-dog ect.) together in one mail to info@belgian-shepherd.de
You are welcome to submit all your dogs, even if they are no longer of breeding age or have already died. Even dogs that are not in breeding help us to get an overview of the population.
We will not keep any data. As soon as your dog is registered with Feragen, we will delete all data. At Feragen, the data can be removed via the project account if required. Please contact us by e-mail for this purpose.

Results and dog-matching

To view the results after transferring and to use dog matching, log in to Feragen with the project account.

https://my.feragenlab.com/
Name: malinoisdiversity@gmail.com
password: Breedahealthyrace2020

How does dog matching work?

How can I download the Embark raw data?

Log in to Embark
Open the profile of the dog
Scroll down and download the zip file

*Why is the inbreeding coefficient (IK or COI) different between Embark and Feragen?

The homozygosity produced by inbreeding is not randomly scattered across the chromosomes. Both natural and artificial selection produce "hot spots" of homozygosity. (Sams & Boyko 2018).
It is known that inbreeding always produces longer series of homozygosity. But in each generation, a crossover occurs during meiosis, in which sections of chromosomes are exchanged. When breaks occur in a homozygous block, a larger homozygous run is split into two smaller ones. Therefore, the blocks are expected to become shorter over the generations, i.e. the oldest inbreeding is occupied by the shortest blocks.
Embark calculates all blocks for the inbreeding coefficient while Feragen only calculates the newer inbreeding - i.e. the longer blocks - within the last generations. This can lead to a considerable difference between these two values. There is no scientific consensus on the extent to which old inbreeding should be taken into account. Since Feragen's dog matching focuses on the diversity of genes, the inbreeding coefficient is only of secondary importance.