Thread: HCM testing??

Originally Posted by Conny

But what is the use for testing on dna when your cat get HCM ?
And believe me, I whas one of the first who whas testing on DNA...both gen's who bin found.
And one of my male's who is negative for both have 1 offspring who have HCM also the mother whas negative for both...ultrasound whas also negative with the parrents...female at 7 years male at 4 years.I know that it can sit there for generation's but I never heard of it before.
I think its a bit useless to do...for me it is a false test.
As long there is no dna test whats for sure I will not test dna anymore...I prefer to give my money on the ultrasound ;)


And lucky that I'm not the only one who thinks like this

I said nothing about giving up or not ultrasounding but more to the point must be that if a genetic test is available to pick up on those cats carrying a gene that is higher in chances to turm to HCM that must be for the good of the breed,the idea is to make the breed genetically stronger & there is only one way of doing that.We are assuming because there are more genes involved in the human HCM that there are more to be found but they all start with one being discovered & moving on from there. Surely it must be better to stop a cat going into a breeding program from day one than perhaps having it discovered a few years down the line by ultrasound that it has developed HCM,too late for all the babes born prior. We know HCM is not going to be erradicated completely but hopefully lower in numbers due to the research being put into it,you can already help on the history by having a kitten born too neg. DNA tested parents,as I said in previous post that is the only way a fuller picture is going to be built up,I know because OH side of the family is being genetically tested for a fairly new problem just recently found,unfortunately his parents wouldn't be tested but our offspring were done at birth,puberty & adulthood along with other family members,it is interesting to see the picture coming together & even now has already helped one family member,as they in turn have their offspring done it will help even more. so back to genetic testing in our cats,it all has to start somewhere & can only get better,genes are a small part of the body but very powerful in the outcome of life,not something to be ignored.....