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IVDD Screening Special Offer - August 2017 - Just £100 for 9 dogs only
Thanks to the generosity of the Little Legs Fundraising campaign we are able to offer further subsidies for dogs screened in August and September. Lisa Roylance and Carley Denton have raised £900 and we can therefore offer 9 dogs the chance to be screened for just £100. The normal price is £300 at a CVS referral practice, reduced to £200 with a subsidy from the Breed Council. Now, on a first come, first served basis, we can offer a further £100 subsidy. You will have to pay the CVS vet £300 and then reclaim £200 from the Breed Council's IVDD Fund. If you plan to breed from your Dachshund and he/she is aged 24-48 months, you can screen your dog. Contact Ian Seath to apply for the special £200 subsidy. A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who is supporting Little Legs Fundraising. |
Safe and Unsafe Mini Wire Lafora Litters - Summer 2017
Mandy Dance has kindly analysed the Breed Records Supplement for Summer 2017 and here are the figures for Mini Wire litters: 53 litters producing 199 puppies, of which 4 litters were unsafe (parents untested or carrier to untested), producing 14 puppies at risk of Lafora. Of the remaining litters, 23 have both parents clear of Lafora and cord1 PRA. 26 litters have one parent who is untested or a carrier. The trend is for untested bitches to go to clear dogs. It is essential that stud dog owners check the status of these "pet" Bitches coming to their dogs and we strongly recommend that breeders get their bitches tested. The next screening session is 13th September - contact susan.holt@talktalk.net to book a place. |
Lafora Disease - Progression Survey paper published
Lafora Screening Session - September 13th 2017
The Wirehaired Dachshund Club's Lafora Sub-committee has confirmed the date for the next Screening Session to be September 13th 10 am to 1 pm at Poole House Vets, Lichfield. To book a place, please contact Sue Holt or Nora Price. The WHDC is pleased to be able to offer these tests at a subsidised cost of £150 per dog (for UK owners). Read more about Lafora Disease in Miniature Wirehaired Dachshunds. |
To Boost or not to Boost? Davies Veterinary Specialists Webinar
To Boost or not to Boost? An insightful webinar regarding ‘Vaccination Dilemmas’- presented by Nat Whitley, RCVS & European Specialist in Small Animal Medicine and Head of Internal Medicine at Davies. |
Managing Fading Puppies - webinar 2/8/17
Wed, Aug 2, 2017 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM BST Effective puppy management is an essential ingredient to successful breeding. In this webinar, Gary England, Professor of Comparative Veterinary Reproduction at the University of Nottingham will discuss what pro-active changes we can make if faced with a ‘fading’ puppy. |
Lafora Litters test status - Spring 2017
Thanks, once again, to Mandy Dance for updating our analysis of safe and unsafe Lafora litters from the Spring 2017 KC Breed Records Supplement. This quarter, there were 53 safe and 3 unsafe litters. A "safe" litter is where there is no risk of Lafora-affected puppies being born. This quarter:
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Dachshund Breed Council Improvement Strategy - 2017
Ian Seath's presentation at the IPFD International Dog Health Workshop 2017 on the UK Dachshund Breed Council's Health Improvement Strategy. |
UK IVDD Screening programme
For the avoidance of doubt, the UK IVDD Screening programme is just that: a SCREENING PROGRAMME. You could also call it a TEST (like Hip or Elbow testing). There is also a research component in that we are tracking the dogs that have been screened. It is NOT "research" to see if it might work. It is based on decades of research (starting in the 1960s) that shows a relationship between calcifications and IVDD. The lower the number of calcifications, the lower the risk of IVDD. It is about reducing the RISK of herniations in future generations. As with the hip and elbow schemes which don't guarantee freedom from these issues, it does not guarantee avoidance of herniation. Please read the information here: Why x-ray screening? |
Mini Wire Lafora Litter status - Winter 2016
We are grateful to Mandy Dance for collating the latest KC Breed Records Supplement data on Lafora status of litters registered in the last Quarter of 2016. There were 30 litters recorded producing 105 pups, however, one litter was an odd registration as it had no known sire (!) and so we have discounted this. Therefore the figures are based on 29 litters and 104 pups.
Overall the trend remains the same percentage-wise regarding Lafora, with around 90% of litters being safe. |
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