Change To BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme For Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen

Following a meeting of the Canine Health Schemes Eye Panel Working Party, Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG) in Petit Basset Griffon Vendeens has been moved from Schedule B to Schedule A, effective as of 1^st January 2014, at the request of the breed clubs.

Under the Eye Scheme, run by the British Veterinary Association (BVA), Kennel Club and the International Sheepdog Society, results for examinations for Schedule A conditions are published by the Kennel Club.  Publication for this condition in the breed would mean that results including a ‘G’ notation, in the same manner as other glaucoma conditions, would appear alongside the date of testing on registration certificates and in the Kennel Club Breed Records Supplement.

Aimee Llewellyn, Kennel Club Health Information Manager, said: “The Kennel Club would normally insist on a minimum of three months warning to breeders before agreeing to such a change, but as the request for the move has been made by the breed club this was not considered necessary in this case.

“The Kennel Club continues to work alongside breed clubs and breed health coordinators in a collaborative effort to improve the health of pedigree dogs, as well as working jointly with the BVA on health schemes for hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia and inherited eye diseases. These programmes help conscientious breeders to identify those dogs that are clinically free of such diseases so that the best possible choices for breeding programmes may be made.”

For further information regarding this change, please contact either the Canine Health Schemes at the BVA via chs@bva.co.uk or the Kennel Club Health and Breeders Services department via hbs@thekennelclub.org.uk.

Further information on the BVA/KC health schemes can be found at www.thekennelclub.org.uk/health/health-information-and-resources/health-schemes-and-programmes/bvakc-health-schemes.

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