1st American Spaniel Club Foundation “Fun Day” set for West Trenton Animal Hospital April 28

April 26, 2013 - PRLog -- West Trenton, NJ - Over 100 Cocker Spaniels, young and old, from all along the East Coast and as far as 7 hours away, will be descending upon the West Trenton Animal Hospital, 568 Grand Ave., West Trenton, NJ, this Sunday, April 28, from 10am to 4pm for eye exams with Dr Gustavo Aguirre, VMD, PhD, PhD (hc), as well as ice cream, prizes, and fun, in hopes of finding a DNA marker for cataracts according to American Spaniel Club Foundation “Fun Day” Eye Clinic Coordinator Debi Lampert-Rudman of Pennington, NJ

Dr Gustavo Aguirre,  world-renowned veterinary ophthalmologist and gene-therapy researcher at the School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania will be conducting the eye exams followed by DNA blood draws conducted by the West Trenton Animal Hospital http://www.westtrentonanimalhosp.com/ veterinarians and vet techs led by Dr. John J. Kazmierczak, DVM and West Trenton Animal Hospital Manager Christine Rachwal.

Dr Aguirre’s study focuses on inherited diseases of the eye, in dogs, humans, and other mammals. In 2001, Dr Aguirre, his colleagues and researchers at Penn were the first to restore vision in blind dogs using gene therapy.

 “We are so grateful to West Trenton Animal Hospital for so generously donating their facility and staff for this special day,” Ms. Lampert-Rudman continued.  

American Spaniel Club Foundation http://www.asc-f.org/ and various donors, including Angel Paws Pet Parlor, Hopewell, NJ angelpawsparlor.net, Freezy Pups of California https://freezypups.com/, and  came together to support this fun-filled day with ice cream – for both dogs and their humans – and hourly raffles including a $100 gas card generously donated by ASC member Elena Duggan of Virginia.  

“We know how expensive it is to drive to a health clinic and then participate, even though costs for the eye exams were kept very low at $25 each and the blood draw is free, but we hope the prizes will help lessen some of that burden as we work to eliminate cataracts in cockers – with hopes that it will help in the fight against cataracts in humans as well,” Ms.Lampert-Rudman added.

For more details email Debi Lampert-Rudman at Bonbritany@aol.com or call 609-303-0282 (H) or 908-337-9189 (C)

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More About Dr Aguirre: http://www.vet.upenn.edu/PennVet/News/PennVetintheNews/tabid/286/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/165/Dr-Gustavo-Aguirre-gives-eyesight-to-blind-dogs-through-gene-therapy.aspx