IN 2000 I BEGAN ULTRASOUND TESTING MY CATS FOR PKD
AS OF MAY 13, 2004 ALL OF MY BREEDING CATS
HAD BEEN EITHER ULTRASOUND TESTED PKD NEGATIVE OR
ARE FROM NEGATIVE ULTRASOUND PKD TESTED PARENTAGE.
I STILL HAVE A FEW NEW ADDITIONS FROM OTHER CATTERIES
WHO NEED TO BE CONFIRMED BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER FROM
UNTESTED PARENTAGE OR THE BREEDER FAILED TO PROVIDE ME
DOCUMENTED PROOF OF THE ALLEGED NEGATIVE TESTING OF THEIR PARENTS
THESE NEW ADDITIONS WILL BE THE FIRST ONES THAT I WILL BE USING THE NEW
PKD DNA TESTING PROCEDURE TO TEST, IF ANY SHOULD TEST DNA POSITIVE
THEY WILL BE FOLLOWUP TESTED BY ULTRASOUND TO CONFIRM ACTIVE DESEASE
AND TO WHAT DEGREE THEY MAY BE AFFECTED. ONCE THESE CATS ARE TESTED
WE PLAN TO BEGIN TESTING OUR EXISTING ULTRASOUND TESTED
CATS AS WELL USING THE DNA TEST

PLEASE NOTE THAT UNTIL SPRING/SUMMER OF 2005
WHEN THE NEW DNA TEST BECAME AVAILABLE
WE UTILIZED THE ONLY METHOD CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO TEST OUR CATS
EVEN WITH THE ULTRASOUND TESTING NOT BEING 100% RELIABLE
KOODOS STILL OFFERED A PKD GUARANTEE
ON CATS PLACED FOR BREEDING IF THEY ARE TESTED POSITIVE BY ULTRASOUND
USING AT MINIMUM A 10 MGHZ MACHINE AND PERFORMED BY A
EXPERIENCED BOARD CERTIFIED SONOGRAPHER/RADIOLOGIST
TESTING MUST BE PERFORMED PRIOR TO ANY BREEDINGS TAKING PLACE
GUARANTEE IS A REPLACEMENT OF SIMILAR COLOUR/QUALITY AS SOON
ONE BECOMES AVAILABLE. THERE ARE NO CASH REFUNDS.
KOODOS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE CAT RETURNED UN-ALTERED
 TO BE EXAMINED BY A VET OF OUR CHOOSING PRIOR TO OFFERING A REPLACEMENT
IN INSTANCES WHERE WE CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE THE CAT RETURNED
THE ORIGINAL CAT MUST BE IMMEDIATELY SPAYED/NEUTERED AND PROOF
OF WHICH AS WELL THE TESTING RESULTS AND A SWORN STATEMENT
THAT THE CAT HAS NEVER BEEN BRED MUST BE SUBMITTED TO KOODOS
PRIOR TO A REPLACEMENT BEING OFFERED.

THE REPLACEMENT GUARANTEE TERMS NOTED ABOVE
ALSO APPLY TO ANY OTHER REASON THAT A REPLACEMENT OF A CAT
PLACED FOR BREEDING MAY BE REQUIRED, IN THAT IT MUST BE ADDRESSED
PRIOR TO ANY BREEDINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH THE CAT.

KOODOS WILL NOT GUARANTEE OR REPLACE A BREEDING CAT
BASED SOLEY ON THE NEW DNA TEST AS WE FEEL THE TEST IS STILL
IN IT'S INFANCY STAGE AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN SUFFICIENT TIME SINCE IT'S
DISCOVERY & DEVELOPEMENT TO CONFIRM THAT A POSITIVE DNA TEST
DOES INDEED MEAN THE CAT WILL DEVELOPE ACTIVE DESEASE.
   KOODOS HAS NOW BEEN UTILIZING THE NEW PKD DNA TEST
MANY OF OUR CATS AND/OR THIER PARENTS ARE NOW DNA AS WELL AS
ULTRASOUND TESTED. NOW THAT WE HAVE WE WILL NO LONGER
OFFER A PKD GUARANTEE AS WE FEEL WE HAVE DONE ALL THAT IS
POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME TO ENSURE OUR KITTENS ARE FREE OF PKD.
SHOULD A PARTY WISH A SPECIFIC TEST ON THEIR KITTEN, THE COST
OF THE TESTING WILL BE TO THEIR ACCOUNT AND FEE FOR THIS
MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE TEST BEING COMPLETED

A NOTE OF CAUTION REGARDING PKD DNA TESTS AND RESULTS PARTICULARLY
THOSE DONE BY BREEDERS WHO NEVER WORRIED ABOUT OR TESTED FOR
PKD BEFORE THE DNA TEST WAS AVAILABLE.
BECAUSE THE SWABS CAN BE DONE AT HOME BY THE BREEDER
THERE IS A GREAT POSSIBILITY OF FORGED TESTS. I HAVE HEARD OF AT LEAST
ONE BREEDER SWABBING A KNOWN NEGATIVE CAT REPEATEDLY
AND SENDING IT IN AS ANOTHER CAT TO A LAB THAT
DOES NOT PROVIDE THE DNA FINGERPRINT (A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER FOR EACH CAT)
AS A MEANS OF ADVERTISING THEY ARE A PKD DNA NEGATIVE CATTERY!
SO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN CONSIDERING A CAT/KITTEN
FROM AN ALLEGED PKD DNA NEGATIVE CATTERY THAT HAS NEVER
TESTED FOR THE DESEASE PRIOR TO THE DNA TEST BEING AVAILABLE OR
THAT UTILIZES A LAB THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE THE DNA FINGERPRINT.

ANOTHER NOTE OF CAUTION REGARDING BREEDERS ADVERTISING
THEY ARE PKD TESTED.
DON'T BE FOOLED BY COMMENTS SUCH AS THIS
"OUR CATS ARE PKD TESTED BY DNA"
"TESTED FOR PKD BY DNA"
"PKD TESTED CATTERY"
IT IS FINE TO SAY YOU ARE A PKD TESTED CATTERY ETC
BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS THE ENTIRE CATTERY TESTED NEGATIVE?
ARE ALL THE CATS TESTED NEGATIVE  AND SOME CATS TESTED POSITIVE?

WHEN KOODOS PERFORMS OUR PKD DNA TESTING WE WILL BE
DOING SO THROUGH UC DAVIS SO THERE IS A DNA FINGERPRINT OF OUR
DNA TESTED CATS WHICH WILL PROVIDE ASSURANCE TO ANYONE
CONSIDERING PURCHASING A CAT OR KITTEN FROM KOODOS THAT IT IS INDEED
A LEGITIMATE TEST OF THE CAT WE SAY IT IS. IN ADDITION WE CLEARLY STATE
BELOW EACH INDIVIDUAL CAT IT'S PKD STATUS AND BY WHICH METHOD
IT OR IT'S PARENTS ARE TESTED. OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE A TRANSITION PERIOD
WHERE WE WILL HAVE SOME CATS WHOSE PARENTS  ARE TESTED
BY A COMBINATION OF ULTRASOUND AND DNA TESTING

IN ADDITION, THE MAPPING OF THE FELINE GENOME IS FAR FROM COMPLETE
AND TO DATE ONLY 1 GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR PKD IN THE PERSIAN BREED
HAS BEEN LOCATED. IN HUMANS THERE ARE AT LEAST 6 GENES
THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESEASE, SO THIS DOES INDICATE
THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THERE IS MORE THAN 1 GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR PKD
IN PERSIANS. THE NEW PKD DNA TEST CAN ONLY IDENTIFY THE ONE GENE THAT
GENTICISTS ARE CURRENTLY AWARE OF, WHERE AN ULTRASOUND TEST
CAN IDENTIFY PKD CYSTS IN THE KIDNEYS NO MATTER WHAT GENE IS RESPONSIBLE.

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