Go to that link that Pam provided. Then go to Reviews of Degenerative Valve Disease Publications. Then scroll down to the 1996 study of cavaliers. There is a brief abstract there. It appears from the abstract that they selected 7 sires and 30 dams. It would appear to me, although I could be wrong, that they selected the dogs on the "basis of their liability to develop CVD. In other words, it doesn't appear that they were searching for dogs from heart clear lines for the study. Again, I could be wrong. Terminology is everything in these abstracts, and if you don't understand the terminology, you don't understand the abstract. There were something like 107 puppies produced from these dogs and 55% of them were heart clear at 5. 45% had developed CVD. Laura, If I have misinterpreted this, please let me know because this study is of interest to me. Certainly by selecting dogs with, or with the liability to produce CVD, you would produce pups with CVD. Myra
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