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Old 04-04-2010, 10:35 AM
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Re: Necessary health tests before breeding

Neapolitan Mastiff:

ABS says no test (the 2009 edition)...

my big mama (DDB X NEo, some say with a bit of G Dane) has been assessed for hips (by a geneticist...no hip scored) and heart (cardiologist/vet)

for dogs over 35kg at least heart and hips/elbows MUST be checked for. it would be highly IRRESPONSIBLE if it weren't.

even if i don't sell my pups, and have no proofs of these tests - except the references from the cardiologist-vet and the geneticist who carried them out... - i would never breed without at least checking for these potentially crippling conditions.




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