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IMPORTANT HEALTH INFORMATION
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In this page, you will find a number of answers to your questions concerning breeding conditions, health recommendations, feline technology advice, or recent developments in feline breeding.
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The allergies
There are several avenues for cat allergy. There are those who are allergic to cats and only cats. In this case, it is very often (in 90% of allergy cases) an allergy to the saliva that the cat deposits on its fur when it is washing.
These people are sensitive to the Fel d1 protein (formerly called "cat1"), it is secreted in saliva, urine,
and the cat's sebaceous and hormonal glands. To a lesser extent, they can also be sensitive to the Fel d2 secreted in the blood plasma, or to the Feld3 contained in the skin of the cat.
A healthy lifestyle allows the less allergic to have the pleasure of having a cat without too much inconvenience.
Other people are allergic to cat hair, and in this case they are allergic to cats but also often to dogs or horses.
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In short, if you are allergic to cats ...
A little: an active cleaning of your interior, a good maintenance of the cat, and you will be able to benefit from the purrs
A lot: desensitization is your best weapon, it's long but effective otherwise you should go for the breeds that carry the fewest allergens
Passionately: only one solution: explode the piggy bank for an American transgenic cat
Not at all !!! It is paradise, even if that does not avoid the household!
Just a clarification, I'm allergic ... but strangely not to mine. Sneezing and asthma attacks are reserved for exhibitions.
It's ridiculous, I know, but that's how it is.
The disease tests printed on the pedigrees of purebred cats.
During its board of directors in November 2013, the LOOF (Official Book of Feline Origins) decided that from January 2014, the results of genetic tests for the main detectable diseases could be entered on future pedigrees. The list of tests concerned by breed, as well as the list of approved laboratories and the precise conditions will be published shortly.
The authentication of the sample by a veterinary third party will be a necessary condition for this insertion.
This means that concerning the British, genetic tests for PKD can be entered in the pedigree of cats that have been tested, and whose tests have been authenticated, a great step forward to follow ...
A treatment for FIP, excellent news in the face of this scourge
Currently, cats diagnosed with FIP are doomed more or less quickly. Feline infectious peritonitis, a highly contagious viral disease that mainly affects kittens, The coronavirus involved, an RNA virus, is transmitted by the fecal-oral route and is particularly difficult to control and diagnose. In the absence of an effective vaccine, the only therapeutic hope lies in antiviral drugs.
GS-5734, a small molecule antiviral drug targeting specific proteins involved in RNA virus replication. Studies have demonstrated its efficacy in preventing Ebola virus in rhesus monkeys and in inhibiting coronaviruses in both tissue culture and infection models in mice
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New in the legislation, the passion for breeding better supervised
The result of long negotiations with all players in the dog and cat breeding sector, the ordinance relating to the trade and protection of companion animals was published in the official journal of October 8, 2015.
The white british on the selette
"Deafness in white cats
Deafness, an eliminating defect in show, has been included in the list of non-compliance defects for all breeds. However, hearing is not "testable" during a compliance examination, but by a specific test ("BAER" test performed by veterinary schools or specialists in feline neurology).
Thus, from January 1, 2016, and following the recommendation of the Scientific Council, all-white cats, to be “compliant”, will have to prove that they have bilateral hearing. To do this, owners must accompany the compliance form sent to the breed club with the result of the BAER test. Cats compliant before 1/1/2016 will have until 12/31/2016 to have the test performed and send it to the breed club for approval by the LOOF. All owners or breeders of white cats (as declared to the LOOF) will receive a personalized information email to inform them. "
Needless to say that from now on, my white kittens who - in parentheses all hear perfectly well, it suffices to wave a ball or a feather duster to realize it, we close the parenthesis - will all leave in company. Interested breeders will have to bear this expense, the kittens will not be tested before their departure.
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SQR, kézaco?
LOOF innovates: The main principles of the SRQ (Breeder Qualification System). Selection system based not only on morphology (results in cat shows, championship titles), but also on health criteria (genetic tests) and, for elites, on the performance of their offspring.
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New from our cousins: the scottish, and scottish straight
The Scottish Fold is our cousin with pretty little folded ears that give it the look of an owl. It's adorable, but this discomfort is also a source of serious problems that can lead to the development of a bone and cartilage disease called osteochondrodysplasia (since the genetic mutation causes deformation of the cartilage in the ears, can also affect the cartilage in the joints. in general). The discomfort in question was difficult to isolate but today there is a genetic test allowing to know the dispositions of each subject in front of this disease.
For the well-being of cats above all, the LOOF decided during its board of directors of August 27, 2019 that from July 1, 2020, breeders of fold kittens will have to provide parentage tests for pedigree requests and any breeder. producing “Fold” kittens must therefore be genetically identified and screened for the Fd gene. It is inevitably difficult to accept for breeders because it generates additional expenses, but it was necessary to go through it for the well being of these cats and kittens. These measures will guarantee to future buyers that cats born in France from July 1, 2020 are indeed Scottish Straight / Fold or Highland Straight / Fold not from Fold / Fold marriage.
These precautions will also make it possible to preserve this endangered breed. To deepen knowledge on the expression of the "Fold" gene, the LOOF will finance a large-scale veterinary study in order to understand the relationship between the genetic status and the clinical status of the cat.
