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AKC Canine Health FOundation
April 4th, 2009
Get your breeding stock , feces tested 3 times a year. a. 5 and over These are opinions and facts given by vets on studies in their practise: Consult your own vet for more information. Skin Coat: Fatty acids-glossy coat- Copper-hair pigmentation Vit. E and Selenium-Antioxidants A and Zinc-Cell turnover Vit.D-helps kidney abosortion of Calcium __________________________________________ Protein should be 26%, 25 to 30 in dry foods Wet food-canned is much higher in protein than dry. Protein does not cause kidney/liver damage. An Underlying kidney or liver disorder is recommended to lower the protein in the diet. Protein does not cause it. Decrease the energy/fat in pups(see ingredients on bag), this will cause fast growing pups, so decrease Energy/Fat. Use large puppy food. Too much Calcium causes bone deformation. PUppies can't regulate calcium absorption. Dry Flaky coat?- Fatty Acids like Omega 3, marine cold water fish EPA DHA for eye and brain development. Shiney coat is from Omega 6. animal and vegatable sources, chicken, beef and lamb. Puppy food-look for DHA for eye and brain development. Deficiency in Zinc- crusting nose and feet. Antioxidants are Vit A, E, C. _________________________________________________ Allergies are the immune responce to food protein. It initiates immune system. Most allergies are Beef, Dairy, Soy, Eggs, Wheat glutein. Lactose intolerance causes diarrhea. Feed salmon, Fish oil, Rice is highly digestable carbohydrate. Dose for Omega 6 and 3? 5 Omega 3, to 1 Omega 6. Five to One. Also rotate sources of fish oils. ___________________________________________________ Genetics: Not one breeder wants genetic defects in their litter, but it is certain that there will be a defect that shows up randamly. It could of come from 4th, 5th 6th generations back. ONe way to determine the culprit, don't breed this pair again, check with other offspring on each parent to see if this defect has turned up. If so, cull that dog out of your mating program. It is not that simple, but here is some info that may help understand genetics and how complex it is. There are 78 chromosones and 39 pairs. 1 from sire (50%) and 1 from dam(50%). Strung out from Chromosomes are genes. Each pup gets a double set of Genetic Plan, the same percent. Looking at Pedigrees: Grandparents in pedigree, the puppies might resemble them or carry concentration of their genes. The 39th pair of Chromosone is the sex chromosome. xx female xy male MALE DETERMINES SEX OF PUPPY. SIZE OF LITTER IS FROM THE BITCH. There are dominant and recessive traits. Dominate determines temperment, dark eyes. Recessive determines light eyes. Dominate will always overrule Recessive. If you can determine a dominate gene in your animals, then stick to that dog for results you want to see. Example: Sire has a dominate gene E, and recessive gene e. His eyes are dark colored because the E gene is dominant. Dam Has Ee also. Her eyes are dark, but they both carry 2 recessive light eye genes. This means both parents are proven carriers of e, light colored eyes. Your litter then will be mixed probably 50% light and 50% dark. If a sire and dam are used with dark eyes, and all the litter is dark eye color, than you could say that both are Homozygous EE, or pure dominate dark color traits. This goes for straight legs, high shoulder, length of leg, head size and ear size. This determination will take years and time with litters and their parents to discover the dominate traits you are looking for. Be consistent and follow your Rules. What you see helps predict what you get. Make use of VISABLE traits. Don't necessarily use the pedigree. _____________________________________________ This is a fact!!! Threshold Trait-Females carry the Cryptorchidism gene. You need a large number of Cryp genes to have this happen. Any combination from the sire or dam. Genes never blend its own degree of domence. Threshold Traits are genes that determine hernia, PDE in pugs, patella, hip dysplasia. Wide Chest, Conformation, wide shoulder, gait, is high Heritability. Reproduction is low Heritability. Litter size is low. Fertility is low. Bad temperment is considered a Genetic Disease. It is very difficult to eliminate. Inbreeding is close relation, like parent/sibling, sibling/sibling. Line breeding differs by degree of intensity.- relatives other than parents and siblings. Linebred is the 1st 3 to 4 generations common to both sire and dam. Common ancestors behind sire and dam. Hybrid or Outcross breeding-Unrelated in the 1st six generations, Like to Like breeding. Reason: when you want to bring in a trait that is not in your bitch or line. You would then keep the puppy with that trait, and then breed it back to your lines. Point: Give more importance to the dog's traits than the pedigree. Hereitability of a trait will determine what the litter will be. To determine the Value of the dam and sire you would ask yourself, Is the offspring as good or better than the parents? Simple autosomal recessive defects are determined by the pedigree. In a Retrospective test mating: Plan the mating; carrier or a defect is in 50% of the genes.Use the pedigree. Orthopedic abnormalities: Use large breed puppy food to reduce ortho defects. When I send puppies to their new owners, I recommend this or adult food. Use Adaquan in puppies, it has found to cause low dysplasia in adults. Enter content here Enter content here |
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