Thread: HCM testing??

right!

I have just spoken to the clinical pathologist at Langford, Bristol university.

If both parents have been DNA tested and are negative for the gene mutation. there is no way the kittens can have the mutation as it is a purely inherited trait, so DNA testing the kittens from such matings is unneccesary.

even so these kittens could still develop HCM from another gene mutation we have yet to discover.

so the best way forward is to only breed from cats negative by parentage or that have been dna screened.

for me, by cattery is clear on the DNA side and although i wold love to ultrasound all my adults every year, at present there are not enough highly skilled cardiologists within travelling distance to make it feasable.