26-02-2008, 09:05 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: tmn perling,jb,malaysia
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Originally Posted by russmania
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.
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Hi Russell , im ok here ..  no worries...just that if we make sure that the parent is genetic defect free..i.e PKD in your case, then why we still want to give a livetime guarantee if later on the buyer cant claim for it?..to me , to give a certain amount of period for the guarantee is sufficient enough. But PKD cant and wont develop at later stage after you did the test? If im not mistaken ,i did read about the mutation also...does the mutation happen during the early stage or can develop later?
For my cattery,
At this moment i only test for FIV,FIP and FELV. HD will be done somewhere this month or next month in JB, as HD just need routine check with x-ray.
For HCM, I'm still looking for a way on where i should get the test kits. 1 of it as mentioned by some breeder here is from USA. |