Last call... Irish Setter Health - Online Survey closes Sept 30 2011

[Susan Stone]

Irish Setter Health Survey

last call for your dog's data...

Survey closes on September 30 2011!

 

This survey is being conducted amongst the world of Irish Setters, and is not purely for dogs living in the UK. If you have not yet done so, please join in now!

D: Bitte nehmen Sie teil an der Online-Umfrage zur Gesundheit Ihres Irish Setters! Deadline 30.9.11

F: Veuillez svp participer à cette enquête au sujet de la santé de votre setter irlandais. Dernier Délai: 30.9.11

 

This vital information will tell the breed clubs health coordinators where to target research.

The survey can be accessed on www.isbc.org.uk or via the links given in the text below.

 

Irish Setter On-line Health Survey:

 

The Health Coordinators of all Irish Setter Associations and Clubs agree that it is important we obtain a snapshot of the state of Irish setter health with respect to known and suspected inherited disease. They also wish to identify those conditions that setter owners believe have the most serious impact on the health and welfare of their dogs, so that future initiatives can be targeted at the most important conditions.

 

To gather this information, two parallel online surveys have been set up; one for breeding bitches and one for all other setters. The surveys ask about any conditions that arose during the period from January 2005 to December 2010 in dogs that you either reared or owned.

The more data we collect the better, but please do not enter information about other dogs that may have been reported anecdotally to you; instead encourage the dog’s owner to complete the survey.

 

The survey should not take too long to complete; you only have to enter data about setters if you have had one or more affected by a listed specific conditions. To help there is brief description of each condition listed that can be viewed by clicking on the “More Info” button.

 

Entries are completely anonymous and cannot be traced, in order to encourage complete and honest reporting. The results will be analysed by the Chair of the Health Coordinators Committee, Professor Ed Hall, and publicised in due course.

 

To access the surveys follow these links:

 

For stud dogs and non-breeding bitches (pet dogs) <www.survey.bris.ac.uk/smvsfa/irishsetter-dog>

 

For breeding bitches - <www.survey.bris.ac.uk/smvsfa/irishsetter-breeding>

 

 

The survey will close on September 30 2011.

 

By participating you will be aiding efforts to improve the health of our breed.

 

Thank you in anticipation

Ed Hall

 

Breed Health Coordinator

Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine

University of Bristol, UK

 

June 2011

 

Please feel free to crosspost. Susan  / updated 22. Sept. 2011

[Susan Stone]

I have just taken part in the survey and noticed that general problems like digestive disorders (apart from GDV) and atopy (like allergies, itchy skin) are not listed.

There is a field for 'other' problems so I added them there.

[Susan Stone]

The more the merrier....:-))

[Astrid Landsaat]

Done!

[Sherry Miller]

Done.

[Tania ..danwish-irishsetters]

Done

[Charlotte Godart - Riverwood]

Done and liked on FB :-)

[sue morgan]

Done  ,

 

[Dee Rance]

Done and DNA is already at the AHT...

[lyn hathaway]

survey done  dna already at aht

[Susan Stone]

Brilliant! I love all these 'Dones' - it just shows we care!

Please spread the word where you can, on facebook, your websites, in all countries... and get in touch with all Irish Setter owners you know...

 

For people in GB it is quite easy to provide DNA samples - for us 'continentals' it is also possible by getting in touch with the AHTand asking for cheek swabs.

 

[Astrid Landsaat]

I did spread the word on Facebook 10 minutes ago. :-)

[Susan Stone]

Thanks, Astrid!