A useful list of health information websites
You can download a PDF copy of the list here (PDF 381 Kb).
The Kennel Club – this website carries information on breed, breeding, canine activities, health and genetics and also canine health surveys and registration statistics. It enables you to look up the recorded health tests for any dog provided you know the Kennel Club registered name and allows you to look at the predicted coefficient of inbreeding of a test mating.
The Bearded Collie Club – (this website) - contains information on the breed, club events, shows, health and puppies as well as a dedicated page to the Joint Breed Liaison Committee (JBLC) who were formed to liaise alongside the Breed Health Co-ordinator with the Kennel Club regarding all aspects of health within the breed. It also contains the links to our health survey.
Bearded Collie Club of Scotland
North of England Bearded Collie Club
Eastern Bearded Collie Association
Southern Counties Bearded Collie Club
BeaCon – this is an American website containing a wealth of health information on the Bearded Collie. Owners are invited to input health data on their dogs and there is information on UK dogs. Sarah Ritchie has recently been appointed a UK director for BeaCon.
CIMDA – this is website with a wealth of information on immune mediated disease founded by Jo Tucker who aims to help and support people with dogs with immune mediated disease.
BVA Health Schemes - this web site has details of the British Veterinary Associations Health Schemes and useful downloads on the diseases covered.
Animal Health Trust – this website carries information on research into animal health as well as information on the Give a Dog a Genome project in which the Bearded Collie Clubs are participating.
VetCompass - this website has details on health data collection done anonymously via vet's computer systems. We would encourage owners to ask their vets to register for this so we can get more health data on UK Beardies.
Dogs Wellnet – this web site attempts to put international dog health in one place and is supported in the UK by the Kennel Club.
BCX – this web site contains information on the Bearded Collie including shows, judges, puppies and health, plus links to other Bearded Collie web sites.
Irena's Bearded Collie Pedigrees – this website includes 4 and 6 generation pedigrees of Bearded Collies worldwide including many photographs of the dogs recorded. It can also produce pedigrees of test matings.
Canine Genetics and Epidemiology
All of the last four websites give direct access to published scientific papers some of which are free and other have to be purchased but the abstract is often available to read free. Just because papers are published in scientific journals does not necessarily mean that they are good science, when looking at them consider some of the points below:
© Elizabeth Ayrton BHC 12th May 2017
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