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White tummies
published in The International Bengal cat Society Bulletin, date?      offered by Marc King 

 

 

Links to sites for study

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(who sent)
EYE
progressive retinal atrophy or degeneration
.Familial blindness in cats and dogs known as progressive retinal atrophy (or degeneration). This is more common in Persians, and work is being at Davis in Leslie Lyons' lab, funded by the Winn Foundation.
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1344&articleid=342
(you may need to copy and paste to link)
(thank you to Susan Sehn  11/06)
RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA  AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE - (ARRP)

and other degenerative eye disease

Genetic work being done on RP at Davis, but it is common in other pedigreed (domestic) cat breeds, esp. the Abyssinian.  This link asks you to open a document that details the studies being done on animals (cats) to understand eye problems and blindness. The model used for ARRP is the Aby found in Section: V-B1
http://www.retina-international.org/sci-news/animmod.doc  
(you may need to copy and paste to link) needs word or other program.
(thank you to Susan Sehn  11/06)
Autosomal dominant retinal dystrophy (Rdy)
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2052.2002.00914.x 
(you may need to copy and paste to link)
(sent by Jukka Järnberg 11/06)
Persistant Pupillary Membrane (PPM) http://www.vmdb.org/dx1.html

(thank you to Pam Smithson 1/08)

 

Heart
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy HCM http://members.aol.com/jchinitz/hcm/
CFA http://www.cfa.org/articles/health/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy.html
Ragdoll HCM http://ragdollresearch.org/index.php
Siberian Cat http://www.siberiancatresearchfunding.org/
Sphynx  http://www.sphynxbc.org/hcmresearch.htm
Turkish Angora http://www.geocities.com/TACAORG/
PawPeds http://www.pawpeds.com/pawacademy/health/mybpc3/
A bit more technical:
http://circres.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/83/6/580?ijkey=2a8a
77e91a7182df9556f19310ca030424792572
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/48/9_Suppl_A/A79
2006  http://catvet.homestead.com/HCM_for_Breeders_rev_2006.pdf
diet? http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/SpotlightonVetMedicine/leopardcatheart.cfm
talks about diet changes made to correct HCM in an Asian leopard cat
Maine Coon DNA http://www.cfa.org/articles/health/HCM-update.html
The above lists of links provided by Bob Gilbert
Heart Murmurs
sounds of heart http://www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/intro.html
murmurs http://www.catchannel.com/vetlibrary/article_5638.aspx?cm_sp=InternalClicks-_-RelatedArticles-_-vetlibrary/article_5638
murmurs http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Concerns-Of-The-Cat-Health-Heart-Murmur&id=605990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Links to sites for DNA testing

color testing for A, B, C, D http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/Faculty/lalyons/Sites/color.htm
Extension Gene. UC DAVIS
(UC Davis can test for the Extension gene in horses/sent by Alan Brown)

 

 

 

 

For further understanding

Extension Gene (E)  http://www.thenaturetrail.com/EGene.htm   (bunnies)   link sent by Alan Brown
http://www.njwrc.net/articles/color_genetics.htm   (bunnies)   link sent by Alan Brown
http://www.perlinomorgan.com/basic_equine_color_genetics.htm  (horses)   link sent by Alan Brown
http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/~lvmillon/redtest.htm  (horses)   link sent by Alan Brown
http://www.hnrworkingkelpies.com/Cream.html  (dogs)   link sent by Alan Brown
http://westwoodlabradoodles.com/labradoodle_goldendoodlecolorgenetics.html (dogs)   link sent by Alan Brown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tritrichomonas Foetus
Tritrichomonas Foetus http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/docs/jody_gookin.html

 

vaccine protocols
highly recommended http://www.catvets.com/uploads/HTML/VaccineSummary.html

 

Articles for breeding

inbreeding

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080412/bob8.asp

 

articles for cat owners

from the American Veterinarian Association

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/avma-opens-online-resource-to-general-public,346273.shtml 

 

 
Interesting sites
 

 

 

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