while HCM can be a little more controversial since the test (ultrasound scanning) available now cannot give an "absolute" +ve or -ve to any given case.........PKD genetic test is a very mature technique widely adopted in the world these days......

I will recommend the Aussie test kit big time - quick, convenient & inexpensive. If you do the sampling by yourself (just rub a little tissue from the cat's mouth with the enclosed swabs and send them in for testing) you will know the result in about 10 days or so. If it is done (the sampling) by a vet then the test is universially "official".

I'm sorry Farish, nothing personal, but it seems to me you have some serious misconception here - if I have proven that my cats are totally PKD free by testing them or their parents -ve before any of them is sold, then "NO ONE" can accuse me of selling them a PKD cat in case the cat concerned may eventually die with very similar symptoms as PKD (other kinds of kidney disorder or diabete for examples) in a few years' time.

Your cats either have it, or don't - there's no grey area in the case of PKD. And, the screening of genetc problems is "ALWAYS" a precautionary measure which aims at nothing but to prevent something from happening. The way I see it, what Farish used as an example isn't quite applicable in any of my cases - say, "NO ONE" can come back to me, taking any advantage of my guarantee for granted by saying that my cats are the victims of a certain genetic diseases of which I have told them (and written in contract) they were free from them. In the case of PKD, again, a copy of the lab test certificate would be included in the contract and the owner will need to obtain his/her official evidence from established authorities if he/she inisists that the cat is PKD positive........

Not quite possible, is it?

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