The Canine Phenome Project is an effort to describe the dog as a species in all of its variability and to understand the factors, both genetic and non-genetic, that contribute to this variability. It is an open-ended attempt to describe and understand the basis for all of the characteristics (or phenotypes) of dogs in great detail. The emphasis will be on describing those characteristics that distinguish one breed from another and those characteristics that distinguish one individual from another within a breed. In this context we consider the canine phenome to consist of all aspects of the dog including size, anatomy and appearance, composition and metabolism, behavior and temperament, and health and disease susceptibility.

To read more about the purpose of the Canine Phenome Project, click on "Purpose" above. You can also enroll or find a dog, as well as determine which breeds are currently participating in the phenome project.

Log in to your Basenji's web page and click on the 'Fanconi Test' link for a form already completed with all necessary information. Otherwise click here for a blank form. If you already have submitted a blood sample (or other dna source), you need not submit another. Please indicate on the form.

The form is in PDF format. If you do not have the free Adobe Reader software, please go to Adobe to download

Helpful information

• Shipping blood into the United States
• General instructions for sending samples