Myra, you wrote: <<If you are talking about the written results of an xray that comes from an ortho specialist....maybe we are talking apples and apples. However, if you are talking about a regular vet who has viewed the xray and written a letter, I personally don't consider that to be any more valid than a vet's cardiac exam.>>
Myra, I am talking about the information contained in a database which is available on the internet, whether the test results are for eyes, hearts or patellae. IMHO an OFA evaluation is necessary for hips and of course the results will be registered and available on the OFA's database because OFA did the evaluation. I should have stated this exception in my post. But insofar as eyes, patellae and hearts are concerned, none of these results need to be registered, as they are fully evaulated by the veterinarian who conducted the test. The testing veterinarian merely fills out a form and the information contained on the form can be sent to OFA or to CERF to be included in their databases for a fee. I believe it is possible that many responsible breeders who have eyes, patellae and hearts tested don't spend the money to have the test results registered in a database and that the absence of test results for these conditions from publicly available databases doesn't mean the tests haven't been done. Janice Dansby Oklahoma City ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
