Health tests
DNA identity profile
- How it is done
- DNA identity profile
- Also called
- DNA-Profil · DNA-profiel · profil ADN
- What it looks for
- The dog's own genetic identity, not its health. A laboratory reads a DNA profile at the ISAG2006 marker set, so that the dog can be told apart from every other dog and its parentage can be checked. The FCL states the purpose plainly: the analysis serves "zur Klärung von Verwandtschaftsfragen" — to settle questions of relatedness — and the profile is required "zwecks Abstammungssicherung", to secure the recorded descent.
- Why it matters
- A DNA profile fixes a dog's identity and lets parentage be proved from the profiles of the two parents. What each club then demands of it — when it must exist, who must file it, and who checks it — is a country rule and is held in the country records, not here.
- How it is done
- A blood sample. It must be drawn by a practising veterinarian, who at the same time has to confirm the dog's identity against its microchip number. A laboratory then reads the profile using ISAG2006 markers. The choice of laboratory is left to the breeder.
Source: Zuchtbestimmungen der Fédération Cynologique Luxembourgeoise, FCL, Art. 6 DNA Analyse; scope of the regulation from art. 1 Vorbemerkungen ("gelten für alle Hunde gleich welcher Rasse, die in Luxemburg gezüchtet werden" — they are to be understood as rasseübergreifend, across all breeds) (Version 15/01/2022) — http://fcl-dog.lu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Zuchtbestimmungen_DE_2022_01_15.pdf · Explanations checked: 2026-08-11
Explanations checked: 11 August 2026