There is the GDC in Davis ,CA. Theirs is an open Registry and anyone can participate. Anne
Myra Savant wrote: > While I agree that people are more inclined to support a registry that > publishes good news, I still wish that we had an open registry that gives us > all the known information. By having access to that information, we could > start to piece together the puzzles about carrier status and recessives. We > would be able to know more about the genetic baggage that our dogs are > carrying. I know that you are correct that if people were mandatorily > required to report all of the testing information in any society, they > simply wouldn't test. I'm not sure why that is, but I suppose it has > something to do with the competitive nature of showing dogs for sport. All > we can do at this point is the best we can do. Myra Savant > > >From: Cavatibs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] genotype v phenotype > >Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 12:59:14 -0500 > > > >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. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ========================================================= > "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. ========================================================= "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.
