Collie Health Foundation Drug Sensitivity Grants

The Foundation has funded a total of $25,952 toward Drug Sensitivity research through 2005.
Each year the Collie Health Foundation sends a grant solicitation to each of the accredited Veterinary Colleges in the United States. We ask for proposals for research projects to fund that are Collie related. In addition, we work very closely with the AKC Canine Health Foundation funding grants that are researching health problems that can affect Collies.

Stephen M. Johns, Chairman

1989
Stephen Greene - WA
Effect of Diazepan - $540.00

2003
Katrina L. Mealey, DVM, PhD, at Washington State University "What drugs, in addition to ivermectin, can cause a problem for Collies with the MDR1 mutation? and "Are heterozygous (carrier) animals really safe?" - $14,718.00

2004
Washington State University - "Comparison of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal response in MDR1 (mutant/mutant) and MDR1 (wildtype/wildtype) Collies" - $10,694.00

 2005
Dr Katrina Mealey of Washington State University has requested, and been granted, a no cost six month extension of the 2004 titled "Prevalence of the mutant MDR1 allele associated with ivermectin sensitivity in Collies", which was subsequently modified to explore the relevance of the mutation in terms of drug therapy in order to answer the questions "What drugs, in addition to ivermectin, can cause a problem for Collies with the MDR1 Mutation?' and "Are heterozygous (carrier)animals really safe?"
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