I read French and Italian but sadly not German or Dutch - my Dutch is limited to some very random phrases a taxi driver taught me in Amsterdam when he took me and my friends home

I was hesitant about posting my concerns as I hate people to take that as me not being committed to genetic health when I am very strongly in favour of doing all reliable testing which is required to satisfy ourselves that our cats are healthy ....

Hi Soupie,

I totally agree with all you say here, I am really hoping a lab like Langford will take up the cause I am more than willing to publish all my results to help with any research. I will keep you personally updated .

sorry, I didn't explain myself very well, I meant my knowledge of genetics is sooooo poor that I am on very shakey ground whenever I get on to this subject.

I am much the same.... although I don't breed.... I am totally in favour of breeding healthy and happy cats.

I am just not convinced that this gene test is ........ all it's cracked up to be, or even a step in the right direction. I am not convinced of the ethics of the labs offering the test.

But I would be here for ever and a day if I even tried to quote from some of the Dutch articles I have read on this subject in the last few weeks (translation is very time consuming) and I don't speak German either, so two bsh breeding friends have been translating pertinent German artciles for me. If I quoted from these, and they had made a simple translation fault, that fault then becomes mine. And I am just not willing to stick my neck out that far.

I just know as much as I am committed to healthy bsh's (and other breeds with HCM) I still have my concerns about this test and its wider implications.

Thank you