The Bulldog Breed Council have an active health committee who have set up the Health Testing Scheme which is going from strength to strength ,adopted by the Kennel Clubs Assured Breeder Scheme forms are avaliable from the Breed Council
At present we are working on research in several areas namely :
Water Puppies BREEDERS WE WANT YOUR INFORMATION Please fill in our survey
The Bulldog Breed Council have agreed to help the
research into the condition of :
Syringomyelia (SM) and the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
for this we are asked for any still born bulldog puppies to be sent for analysis.
Any vets who wish to participate
and any breeders who are willing to help are asked to
who will supply more information and kits to send away .
Our breed has no incidence of this condition and they
want to understand why !
Please help as this is a very serious problem for Cavaliers .
30/8/11 Royal Veterinary College are extremley grateful for the first donation for research
11/9/11 4 more puppies donated
FOETAL TISSUE RESEARCH PROJECT
We all know how devastating the death of a puppy can be, or the arrival of a still born pup, and what a waste we feel it to be. However, Dr Imelda McGonnell of the Royal Veterinary College is researching in to cranial and skull development, and feels that information derived from the following material:
Aborted material
Stillborn material
Death within up to a week of whelping
will provide insight in to a number of conditions, including both canine and human SM and possible genetic links. Dr McGonnell would welcome the participation of breeders in to this research
All details are completely confidential, and breeders will eventually receive a report from Dr McGonnell on any specimen provided.
It’s perhaps worth mentioning that since the research started the team has obtained funding for a Ph.D student – and that we have an expert on epilepsy on board. We have also received requests from cardiologists for mitral valve tissue to help research on hearts. So please do get in touch – it will be a great help to the breed.
Veterinary Reporting Of Caesarean Sections
Further to the Kennel Club’s recent announcement of restrictions, to be implemented from 2012 onwards, on the registration of litters born to a bitch which has previously had two caesarean sections, further details have now been agreed.
Veterinarians will be able to report the births of litters born by caesarean section from late January 2011 onwards, following recently agreed changes to the declaration which breeders must sign when registering a litter with the Kennel Club. The declaration will be amended on all printed forms and online to read as follows:
The litter was born in the United Kingdom (excluding Jersey or Guernsey)
No dog listed in the application has been registered previously with the Kennel Club or any recognised body
I/we are bound by and submit to the Kennel Club Rules and Regulations and General Code of Ethics in their present form or as they may be amended from time to time in relation to all canine matters with which the Kennel Club is concerned.
I/we confirm and agree that any Veterinary Surgeon performing a caesarean section and/or an operation on any of my/our dogs in such a way that the operation alters the natural conformation of the dog or any part thereof may submit a report to the Kennel Club.
The Kennel Club previously held meetings with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the British Veterinary Association and the British Small Animal Veterinary Association, as a result of which the organisations agreed to advise their members that any caesarean sections which they perform on a Kennel Club registered bitch should be reported to the Kennel Club.
To allow the reporting of such operations by veterinary surgeons, an additional section has been incorporated into the form which is presently completed to notify the Kennel Club of any operation which alters the natural conformation of a registered pedigree dog. At the same time veterinary surgeons will be reminded of the policy regarding reporting of operations which alter natural conformation and will be encouraged to report these to the Kennel Club.
From January 1st 2012, the Kennel Club will no longer register any puppies born from any bitch which has previously had two caesarean sections, except for scientifically proven welfare reasons and in such cases normally provided that the application is made prior to mating. From this date, breeders will be asked to inform the Kennel Club of all of a bitch’s previous caesareans and will take into account all reports submitted by veterinarians, irrespective of whether these were submitted before this date.
Refusal to register a litter of puppies following two previous caesarean sections would occur irrespective of whether the progeny from either of the first two operations had been registered with the Club.
ENDS
18th January 2011
