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FOR VETERINARIANS DOGWELLNET Resources and Links Veterinarian Education This section has material relevant to veterinarians, veterinary students and other health care professionals. Includes material from our IPFD Student Projects. Health Research This section focuses on completed work that is reported in journals with a formal evaluation process. Research Projects In this section we link to ongoing research projects of interest and relevance to dog breeding.

Below are just a few DWN resources that may be of interest to those of you on Health Committees or interested in resources on health.     What are 'Breeding Strategies'?    ... documents developed as substantive breed-specific educational resources, to provide management guidance to clubs, breeders and owners with the aim to ensure the future health and welfare of breeds. Breeding Strategies include health data and its analysis. Each Breed Club Health Committee's role i

The following resources offer information to serve as a foundation for development of well-conceived breeding strategies designed to enhance individual dog's and breed's health and welfare.     See DWN's Pedigreed Breeds   Here we provide an overview of individual breeds: pages include health information, links to breed-specific databases if available and breed club website listings. Features may include collaborative work done by member clubs participating in internatio

The extent to which genes play a role shaping the health and inherited diseases in dogs and impact canine welfare cuts across all breeds and mixed breeds. The power of understanding the genetics of dogs is a subject of interest to every person, dog owner, breeder, clubs, veterinarians, researchers studying both human and canine diseases; and believe it or not, the dog and its genome even influences the country's of the world laws and services.  Below find a listing for a few resources on D

♦  Breeds in the DogWellNet Pedigreed Dogs Database Each breed listed in the DWN Pedigreed Dogs database contains F.C.I., AKC and Kennel Club UK Breed Standards, links to Illustrated Standards are included when available, Breed Club and international groups links, as well as DWN contributor breed-specific articles and materials. Health Surveys  and health information, including breed-specific Research, links to Kennel and Breed Club Databases is available for many breeds along with breed hi