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One of the leading experts in this field, Professor John Webster of Bristol, define the basic requirements of animal welfare and included among them the question of injury, illness and pain.

It is this point is very important from the perspective of dog breeders. This is not just the problems faced by the dog itself, but also impact illness has on the animal's owner because the dog is sick economic burden, time, and also mentally. It is logical that owners try to prevent diseases of dogs and are very interested in various preventive measures. Dog breeders with pedigree realize that the game is not only conventional measures such as vaccination, but it is also very important way of keeping livestock, which can have positive or negative effect on the entire population of the breed. Equally important is education to farmers, or rather the information that they receive. Issues dealing with diseases of dogs and canine legislation.Very important from this perspective, the requirements embedded in FCI Breeding Regulations, which can be found on the Czech-Moravian Union canine and FCI (www.cmku.cz, www.fci.be). In the preamble to the Regulations, for example, said that:

inherit a healthy dog is in that case, the hereditary transfer standard features, breed type and temperament typical of the breed, but which has no substantial hereditary defects that could adversely affect the functional health of its children. Contractors and members of the FCI are to avoid exaggeration of breed characteristics, which could result in the aftermath of an adverse effect on the functional health of dogs.
can not be used to breed dogs with eliminating faults such as disorders, congenital deafness or blindness, harelip, cleft palate,significant defects of teeth or jaw anomalies, PRA, epilepsy, cryptorchidism, monorchismus, albinism, wrong color, and found hip dysplasia severe.
breeding and development of breeds of dogs must be based on long-term goals and reasonable principles, so that the breeding of dogs to avoid the emergence of diseases, defects of temperament or lack of commercial skills. Breeding must serve the objective of maintaining and possibly expanding the genetic diversity of breeds
for housing may be used only functionally healthy dogs. Farmer, who chooses to breed the dog is responsible for determining whether a breeding animal husbandry should be physically and mentally. Similar provisions can be found in order Zapisnim CMKU.
Dangers of inherited diseases contingent aware and Czech farmers and breeders because many clubs has enshrined in its legislation a requirement to check the health of individuals entered into the breed. In terms of farming as a whole are the most appropriate genetic tests, because it reveals not only the sick animals, as well as any holder of talent for the observed disease

full article can be found in the May issue of Animal Planet, available on newsstands

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