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September 1, 2010
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Articles of the month
SLO Research - Blood Collection (June, 2010)
Addison's Research
First Time Donors
Open Health Registry - direct link
September Article of the Month - Rabies Challenge Fund http://www.rabieschallengefund.org/education/ why-challenge-current-rabies-vaccine-policy
Year 9 - Open Health Registry Report
August Article of the Month - Dog Aware site: www.dogaware.com
June Article of the Month - Study of MHC Class II Genes of Bearded Collies Reveals Narrow Diversity (Finnish study)
Introduction: Background and Definitions for Article on MHC Class II Genes. By Elizabeth Coolidge-Stolz
June 3, 2010 - To participate in the SLO Research Project with Blood Samples, please download each of these 2 documents - one is for history, the other is for instructions about blood collections.
Open Health Registry - Year 8 in German (see below)
Other Articles of the Month
March Article of the Month Canine Heart Health and Illness
February Article of the Month use of herbs in veterinary medicine
January Article of the Month Vaccines
December Canine Epilepsy
November Ovaries and Longevity
September/October Heritable Eye Disorder Screening by CERF of Sires and Dams Appearing in Bagpipes' Listing
August The Immune System and Autoimmune Disease
Check out the calendar link for a way to obtain a personalized calendar for yourself or friends while donating to BeaCon. (7/27/09)
Year 8 Report of the Open Health Registry in
English. Click for report (pdf)
Czech. Click for report (pdf)
German. Click for report (pdf)
SLO Research
Surveys began November 2008. Cindy Alspaugh and Judy Howard will cover the USA, Jana Jezkova her area, Petra Glorie the Netherlands, Jo Tucker the UK. If there are volunteers for other areas please contact Cindy.
If your Beardie has SLO or a chronic nail problem requiring veterinary care, contact Cindy Alspaugh (copy/paste stonebaybeardies@yahoo.com) to obtain a survey form and enter your Beardie in the open health registry (click here).
Addison's Research Project at UC Davis.
- Update your Beardie's health yearly http://cgap.ucdavis.edu/healthupdateform.htm
- Join the project. Obtain a DNA kit for your Beardie http://cgap.ucdavis.edu/addison's.htm
Donate. First time donors receive a lovely pin.
- $15-$99. BeaCon logo pin
- $100-$750. Silver Beardie Angel pin
- > $750. Gold Beardie Angel pin
- Send your check made out to BeaCon for Health to Judy Howard, 2141 Moonstone Dr., Concord, NC 28025.
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