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Using data and samples from the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study, researchers will analyze the gut microbiome in healthy weight and obese dogs to determine if the microbiome differs between these two populations and could contribute to obesity in the breed.

Using data from the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study, researchers will look at annual wellness testing results to determine the magnitude of year-to-year changes in laboratory values in healthy dogs.

Using data from the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study, researchers will determine if (and the degree to which) inbreeding affects adult body size and fecundity (litter size) in female golden retrievers.

Researchers will investigate if acute episodes of diarrhea in dogs have a long-term impact on gut microbes and intestinal health.

Researchers will look at how lesions or nodules form in dogs with mitral valve disease and use this new information to look for new targeted therapies for this common canine heart disease.

Researchers will study metabolic irregularities associated with osteosarcoma that may contribute to disease progression, chemotherapy resistance and cancer spread.

Researchers will investigate the effectiveness of combining radiation therapy with an immune-stimulating agent to help slow the spread of osteosarcoma, the most common bone tumor in dogs.