Post by tasha on Jan 31, 2009 16:37:40 GMT 1
The UK Kennel Club are bringing in a range of measures to help improve dog breeding of pedigrees dogs this includes a measure which comes into effect on 1st March 2009:
In a further move, the Kennel Club has announced that it will crack down on the small number of breeders who continue to use the practice of mating close relatives by refusing to register those puppies that are born from any mother/son, father/daughter or brother/sister mating, taking place on or after 1st March 2009. Departures from this principle will only be made in exceptional circumstances or for scientifically proven welfare reasons. Kennel Club research into the genetic diversity of all breeds in the UK is ongoing and further changes will be considered in the future, on a breed specific basis.
Additionally, all dog owners and breeders will be required to permanently identify their dogs, via microchip or tattoo, from January 2010, in order to participate in the Kennel Club/British Veterinary Association health schemes for eye disease and hip and elbow dysplasia. These schemes have been in place for many years and give dog owners in relevant breeds the opportunity to test for a number of common disorders; this move is introduced, at the express request of the veterinary profession, to ensure the fairness and accuracy of the results of the schemes.
www.thekennelclub.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2234&d=pg_dtl_art_news&h=242&f=0
Sylvia's pedigree database has a very useful facility attached to each dogs specific information where you can calculate the inbreeding of a dog or potential litter, I can see this facility being a very vauable tool in the future.
In a further move, the Kennel Club has announced that it will crack down on the small number of breeders who continue to use the practice of mating close relatives by refusing to register those puppies that are born from any mother/son, father/daughter or brother/sister mating, taking place on or after 1st March 2009. Departures from this principle will only be made in exceptional circumstances or for scientifically proven welfare reasons. Kennel Club research into the genetic diversity of all breeds in the UK is ongoing and further changes will be considered in the future, on a breed specific basis.
Additionally, all dog owners and breeders will be required to permanently identify their dogs, via microchip or tattoo, from January 2010, in order to participate in the Kennel Club/British Veterinary Association health schemes for eye disease and hip and elbow dysplasia. These schemes have been in place for many years and give dog owners in relevant breeds the opportunity to test for a number of common disorders; this move is introduced, at the express request of the veterinary profession, to ensure the fairness and accuracy of the results of the schemes.
www.thekennelclub.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=2234&d=pg_dtl_art_news&h=242&f=0
Sylvia's pedigree database has a very useful facility attached to each dogs specific information where you can calculate the inbreeding of a dog or potential litter, I can see this facility being a very vauable tool in the future.