of their animals, they have to, since these animals are used in research,
they have to have a reasonably good genetic history. I'm not saying tht the
problems with insulinoma and adrenal sarcoma is genetic, rather its most
likely a combination of a slight predisposition combined with the early
neutering.
larry
At 08:12 PM 12/2/2003, you wrote:
>I dont' believe any "farm" of pet animals to be able to be "good"- in
>order to really understand the genetic problems inherent in a line of
>animals, then one needs to keep those animals for a long time, observing
>the genetic problems in their offspring.
>
>my breeder knows the sires and dams of my dog for five generations off the
>top of her head. Any animals with genetic problems in their offspring are
>neutered and the offspring neutered.
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