Materials from the 2005 AKC Canine Health Foundation

National Parent Club Canine Health Conference

Conference Presentations

Friday, 21 October 2005

• Parent Clubs: Stewards of Breed Health
• AKC Delegates' Canine Health Committee Update
• Organization and Function of a Health Committee
• Development & Use of Canine Health Surveys
• Working with OFA and CHIC
• Selection and Funding of CHF Grants
• Meeting the Challenge: Funding the Best Research
• Funding Breed Specific Research
• Purina Parent Club Partnership Program
• AKC Museum of the Dog
• Questions and Discussion
• Meeting the Challenge: An Update on the
  Double the Dollars for Dogs Endowment Campaign
• AKC Companion Animal Recovery: Reuniting Lost Pets with Owners
• Good Breed Clubs Improve Research
• Canine Genetic Disease: Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL)

Saturday, 22 October 2005

• Mending Heart Failure: Stem Cells Are a Hope for the Future
• Role of Chromosomes in Cancer: Diagnosis and Prognosis
• Genetic Impact of Disease Risk: Understanding Prevention & Treatment
• Katrina Update
• Panel: Canine Cancer Research Update
• Key Facts About Protein Metabolism in the Dog
• DNA and the AKC
• New Advances in Assisted Reproduction
• Nutritional Approach to Managing Osteoarthritis in Dogs

Sunday, 23 October 2005

• Principles of Health Management
• What Can Breed Clubs Learn from Human Health Management?
• Update: Epilepsy and Canine Neurologic Disease
• Development of a Parent Club Health Website
• Canine Endocrinology Update
• A Reliable Test for Labrador Muscular Myopathy
• Genetics of PAA in the German Shepherd and Dermatomyositis in the Shetland Sheepdog
• Measuring Behavior and Temperament in Dogs

Canine Vaccination and Risk: What Do We Know?

 

Conference DVDs

 

STCA members in the US can get their copy of this set of 4 DVDs by sending a check for $15, made out to 'STCA', to

Lynne Kuczynski Veazie
1215 Pennsylvania Avenue
Emmaus PA 18049-3515

STCA members in other countries must contact Lynne (Email to stcasec@hotmail.com) prior to ordering a set for the price including postage to their country.

Presentations on the DVDs

1. Canine Genetic Disease: Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis - 35 min.
2. Mending Heart Failure - 39 min.
3. Role of Chromosomes In Cancer -28 min.
4. Genetic Impact of Disease Risk - 35 min.
5. Panel: Canine Cancer Research Update - 56 min.
6. Key Facts About Protein Metabolism - 19 min.
7. New Advances in Assisted Reproduction - 20 min.
8. Nutritional Approach To Managing Osteoarthritis - 32 min.
9. Epilepsy & Canine Neurological Disease - 29 min.
10. Endocrine Disorders - 19 min
11. Testing for Labrador Muscular Myopathy - 36 min
12. Genetics of PAA - 26 min.
13. Measuring Behavior & Temperament in Dogs - 33 min

Vaccination Protocols - 43 min.