Spinone Club of America Health Information - Spinoni Italiani

<body stylesrc="style2.htm" bgcolor="#FFF09e"> <h1>Spinone Club of America</h1> <p>Select from the items below then use your browsers back button to return here</p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <h2><a href="Intro_Health.htm">HEALTH INFORMATION</a></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" color="#FF0000" size="2"><strong>SPECIAL REPORTS</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong><a href="Health/CA/CA_Update990615_ISCGB.htm">CA Update from ISCGB (6/15/99)</a></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong><a href="Health/CA/CA_Update990110_ISCGB.htm">Cerebellar Ataxia Update from ISCGB (1/99)</a></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong><a href="Health/CA/CA_Article.htm">Cerebellar Ataxia - </a></strong></font><font size="2"><a href="Health/CA/CA_Article.htm"><font face="Arial">Autosomol Recessive Genetic Disease identified in the Spinoni Italiani</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong><a href="Health/CA/CA_ControlPlan.htm">SCOA Breed Health Committee -</a></strong><a href="Health/CA/CA_ControlPlan.htm">Plan for the  Control of Cerebellar Ataxia</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong><a href="Health/CA/CA_RelativeRisks.htm">Relative Risks of Cerebellar Ataxia</a></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="Health/CA/cerebellar_ataxia.htm">Cerebellar Ataxia Report from Great Britain</a></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="Health/CA/CA_poster.htm"><strong>NEWS UPDATE: More information and Find out how YOU can help stop this deadly disease.</strong></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong><a href="SurvIntro.htm">Breed Health Committee</a></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong><img src="Bullets/zz_Icndoc.gif" alt="Click on Your Selection" width="16" height="15"><a href="AKC_health97.htm">AKC Canine Health Foundation Confrence 1997</a></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong><a href="HealthSurvey.htm">Health Survey</a></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Health Survey Results</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong><img src="Bullets/zz_Icndoc.gif" alt="Click on Your Selection" width="16" height="15"><a href="HealthResults97.htm">May 1997</a></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong><img src="Bullets/zz_Icndoc.gif" alt="Click on Your Selection" width="16" height="15"><a href="HealthResults97b.htm">November 1997</a></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Hip Dysplasia</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong><img src="Bullets/zz_Icndoc.gif" alt="Click on Your Selection" width="16" height="15"><a href="HipDysplasia.htm">What is Hip Dysplasia</a></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"><img src="Bullets/zz_Icndoc.gif" alt="Click on Your Selection" width="16" height="15"><a href="pennhip.htm">PennHIP</a></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"><img src="Bullets/zz_Icndoc.gif" alt="Click on Your Selection" width="16" height="15"></font><a href="http://www.offa.org/"><small><font face="Arial"><small>OFA - Orthopedic Foundation for Animals</small></font></small></a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong><img src="Bullets/zz_Icndoc.gif" alt="Click on Your Selection" width="16" height="15"><a href="HipSalad.htm">Spinone Hip Salad</a></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong><img src="Bullets/zz_Icndoc.gif" alt="Click on Your Selection" width="16" height="15"><a href="OFA_Report.htm">OFA Report </a></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong><img src="Bullets/zz_Icndoc.gif" alt="Click on Your Selection" width="16" height="15"><a href="PennHipReport032000.htm">PennHIP Breed Club Update March 2000 Report</a></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Other Health Issues</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"><img src="Bullets/zz_Icndoc.gif" alt="Click on Your Selection" width="16" height="15"><a href="eyes.htm">Eyes</a></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"><img src="Bullets/zz_Icndoc.gif" alt="Click on Your Selection" width="16" height="15"><a href="http://www.spinone.com/newsletters/v3n2p11.htm">CERF</a></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> <p align="left"> </p>  <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td> <h1 align="center"><font color="#804000">Health Information</font></h1> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <blockquote> <h2 align="center"><font color="#FF8000">Health Survey</font></h2> <p align="center"><font size="4">Complete and mail - <b> <a href="Health/SCOASurvey2005.pdf" target="_self">Health Survey (pdf) format</a> </b></font> </p> <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Complete online - </font><strong><a href="HealthSurvey.htm" target="_self"> <font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Health Survey - online</font></a></strong></p> <ul> <li>Complete the <font color="#804000"><strong>Health Survey Online</strong></font> or mail it to us.  Members of the SCOA can complete and submit a Health Survey to assist in developing the Italian Spinone as a breed in the United States, to identify potential hereditary problems in the breed, to assess disease propensity in the breed, and to educate breeders and owners in understanding screening and treatment modalities for identified or potential health problems</li> </ul> <hr size="4" color="#804000"> </blockquote> <blockquote> <h2 align="center"><font color="#FF8000">What's New</font></h2> </blockquote> <table border="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td> <ul> <li><strong>OFA Report - 267 Spinone X-rays approved for OFA Certification Jan 2000</strong></li> <li><strong><a href="PennHipReport032000.htm" target="_self">PennHIP Breed Club Update March 2000</a></strong></li> <li><b><a href="HealthResults99.htm" target="_self">SCOA Breed Health Survey Results through 1999</a></b></li> <li><strong><a href="AKC_health99.htm" target="_self">AKC Canine Health Foundation Parent Club Conference Attendance Report 1999 (J.Kerr)</a></strong></li> <li><strong><a href="ofa_LaxityTest.htm" target="_self">OFA Position on Testing Method - HIP LAXITY</a></strong></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"></td> <td></td> </tr> </table> <blockquote> <hr size="4" color="#804000"> </blockquote> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p align="center">  <b><font face="Arial" color="#008000"><a href="Health/Leishmaniasis/LM_frame.htm" target="_blank">Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis</a></font></b><br>  </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <h3 align="center"><font color="#FF0000"> CEREBELLAR ATAXIA</font></h3> <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="fr2CerabellarAtaxia.htm" target="_self"><b>Keep informed on the Status of Cerebellar Ataxia in the Spinone Italiano</b></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="2"><strong> <p align="center"><big><big><font color="#FF8000">CEREBELLAR ATAXIA<br> LIST OF PROVEN CARRIERS (6/98)</font></big></big></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%"><strong>DOGS</strong></td> <td width="50%"><strong>BITCHES</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top"> <ul> <li>TRUSCO DELL ANGELO DEL SUMMANO DEL GAESTEN</li> <li>GAESTEN BOSCO ROMAGNO DEL BEDESLEA</li> <li>WYNSETT DINAMITE</li> <li>BEDESLEA BONA FIDO</li> <li>GAESTEN VIN DE PERO</li> <li>NANTIDERRI NAROI DEI MONZAMO</li> <li>IL GIACOMO DEL GAESTEN  (DENMARK)</li> <li>LANKA ERNESTO</li> </ul> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top"> <ul> <li>NANTIDERRI LA QUERCE</li> <li>CAPRICHO DUCHESSA OF ZILVARSON</li> <li>MONTECANI MOCHA DELLA BEDESLEA</li> <li>GAESTEN REISLING ITALICA</li> <li>WYNSETT GOLDEN DESIRE</li> <li>HOCHOPEPA GLADYS ALL FAWP</li> <li>MEJDAHL TIKKI       (DENMARK BY AI)</li> <li>CAPRICHO BARONA DEL GAESTON</li> <li>CAPRICHO BARONESSA (DEDUCED)</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <blockquote> <hr size="4" color="#804000"> </blockquote> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="2"> <h2 align="center"><font color="#FF8000">Breed Health Committee</font></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2"> <img border="0" src="Logos/BreedHealthCommLogo2.gif" width="150" height="221"></td> <td> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td align="middle" colspan="3"> <h3 align="center">Breed Health Committee Members</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center"><b>Sue Redding<br> </b><a href="mailto:vericoo1@acsalaska.net" target="_self">vericool@acsalaska.net</a> </td> <td valign="top" align="center"><b>Mike Hoffman</b><br> <a href="mailto:mkhoffman1@starpower.net" target="_self">mkhoffman1@starpower.net</a> </td> <td valign="top" align="center"><strong>John Kerr</strong><br>  <a href="mailto:john@spinoneus.org" target="_self">john@spinoneus.org</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <hr> The Spinone Club of America is particularly interested in monitoring the health of the Spinone Italiano breed.  To this end, the club has formed a breed health committee.    The purpose of the health committee is to monitor the health of our breed through a voluntary health survey. <ul> <li>Breed Health <font color="#804000"><strong>Committee Members</strong></font></li> <li><font color="#804000"><strong>Goals</strong></font> of the Breed Health Committee</li> <li>Why is breed health information important?</li> <li>How will this information be used?</li> <li>Issues and Concerns</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <blockquote> <hr size="4" color="#804000"> <h2 align="center"><font color="#FF8000">Health Survey Results</font></h2> <ul> <li><font color="#804000"><b>December 1999</b> </font>- Breed Health Survey results</li> <li><strong><font color="#804000">May 1997</font></strong> - Health Survey Results Reported at the SCOA Annual Meeting, May 1997</li> <li><strong><font color="#804000">November 1997</font></strong> - Updated 1997 Health Survey Results, November 1997</li> </ul> <hr size="4" color="#804000"> <h2 align="center"><font color="#FF8000">Hip Dysplasia</font></h2> <ul> <li><font color="#804000"><strong>What is Hip Dysplasia</strong></font> - A discussion of What it is and available treatments</li> <li><font color="#804000"><strong>PennHIP</strong></font> - A description of PennHIP - taken from a promotional brochure.</li> <li><strong><font color="#804000">OFA - Orthopedic Foundation for Animals</font></strong> - <strong><em><a href="http://www.offa.org" target="_self">a link to their web site</a></em></strong></li> </ul> <hr size="4" color="#804000"> <h2 align="center"><font color="#FF8000">Other Health Issues and Concerns</font></h2> </blockquote> <table border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"></td> <td> <ul> <li><a href="TeethMalocclusion.htm" target="_self"><strong>Malocclusion Of Teeth</strong></a> - Diagrammatic description of malocclusion of teeth which is usually a result of either abnormal jaw growth or misalignment of the teeth themselves.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"></td> <td> <ul> <li><strong><font color="#804000">Eyes</font></strong> - Who was it that said, "The eyes have it?", By Norman R. Prima, From: Versatile Hunting dog Magazine, January 1997, Volume XXVIII No. 1. A description of conformation and health concerns of ectopic eyes.</li> <li><strong><font color="#804000">CERF - Canine Eye Registration Foundation</font></strong> - Eliminating Heritable Eye Disease in Purebred Dogs from a promotional brochure.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <blockquote> <hr size="4" color="#804000"> <h2 align="center"><font color="#FF8000">Other Topics</font></h2> <ul> <li><font color="#804000"><strong>Spinone Coat Color</strong></font> - <a href="genetics.htm" target="_self">Coat color genetics of the Spinone are relatively simple.</a></li> </ul> <hr size="4" color="#804000"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" id="table1"> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><a href="http://www.spinoneus.com/forum/" target="_self">Spinone</a><br> <a href="http://www.spinoneus.com/forum/" target="_self">Discussion Forum</a><br> </b></font><a href="http://www.spinoneus.com" target="_self"> <img border="0" src="Bullets2/SpinDiscForum129x178.gif" alt="Go to the Discussion Web Site and review and add topics of interest to all Spinone Enthusiasts - discussions on Spinone health issues, canine training in obedience, field and hunting and more" width="92" height="110"></a></td> <td> <p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong> <a href="index.htm" target="_parent">Home</a>    <a href="frNews.htm" target="_parent">News</a>   <a href="frClub.htm" target="_parent">Club Info</a>    <a href="frBreed.htm" target="_parent">Breed Info</a>   <a href="frHealth.htm" target="_parent">Health Info</a>   <a href="LitterRegistry.htm" target="_self">Litter Registry</a><br><a href="Rescue.htm" target="_self">Rescue</a>   <a href="frSports.htm" target="_parent">Sports</a>   <a href="frInfoDesk.htm" target="_parent">InfoDesk</a>   <a href="frGallery.htm" target="_parent">Picture Gallery</a>    <a href="frMember.htm" target="_parent">Member Pages</a>   <a href="toc.htm" target="_parent">TOC</a><br></strong> </font><a href="index.htm" target="_parent"> <img src="Bullets2/SCOAHome.GIF" alt="Go to the Spinone Club of America's Home Page" border="0" width="125" height="102"></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong> </strong></font><a href="http://www.spinone.net" target="_parent"> <img src="Bullets2/SCOARing.GIF" alt="Go view the SCOA Member's World Wide Web Ring Pages" border="0" width="125" height="102"></a><br> <strong><font face="Arial"><small><small>And More... <a href="http://www.spinone.net/eMall" target="_parent">Shopping</a> and <a target="_parent" href="http://www.spinoneus.com/default.htm">SCOA Discussion WebSite</a> and <a href="http://www.spinone.com/newsletters" target="_parent">Newsletters WebSite</a> !</small></small><br></font> <font face="Arial" size="1" color="#000000"><em><small>Copyright � 1997-2007, Spinone Club of America.  All rights reserved.</small></em></font></strong><font color="#000000" size="1"></p> </font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align="center">This Page was last updated on 07/04/06</p> </blockquote>  </body>