The UK Cavalier Club and the CKCSC have both sponsored Heart and Health Registries, listing only heart CLEAR dogs. If the breeders do not support these publications (as was pointed out by Annette Jones' post a while ago and is obvious by reading the dogs listed in the CKCSC Registry versus the CKCSC Statistics) when the Registry includes only the clear dogs, then there is absolutely no chance that breeders are going to support an open registry where breeders will submit their dogs that are affected as well as clear. The only way an open registry will work well to substantially reduce the incidence of MVD is if, as with the British BVA eye scheme or HD scoring scheme, the results are submitted directly from the cardiologist to the Club sponsored open registry for publication and subsequently placed on the registration papers - this would be in an ideal world. The problem, however, that has evolved in Britain with these two schemes is that few breeders check for HD and some have stopped having their dogs' eyes tested altogether which does not do the breed any good. This, in my opinion, is why the BVA eye scheme (or similar Heart scheme) will have no support-- if you have no participants, the dogs' hearts will then not be checked by a cardiologist and the incidence of MVD will skyrocket. Better that the registry publish only the good news which will allow breeders to examine which dogs to breed, which lines to go for, based on the ages and heart status of the dogs in these registries.
Anne cavlover wrote: > And of course, Laura, Dr. Padgett and other geneticists recommend that parent > breed clubs sponsor an open registry for health testing results as well. > Breed clubs who have sponsored such open regisries can truly begin to collect > the data that may help breeders to comprehend the mode of transmission on these > genetically transmitted diseases. At that point, progress can be made. > However, it is pretty clear that there is a still very little knowledge in the > breeding community about genetics, and very little interest in learning more. > > Myra Savant > > ========================================================= ========================================================= "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.
