Does this mean OFA will now evaluate dogs for hip dysplasia at 12 months, like GDC?
A. OFA will continue to do preliminary evaluations for hip and elbow dysplasia for dogs under 24 months. Results from preliminary evaluations are only released to the owner. Q. GDC has several disease registries, such as SA (sebacious adenitis), that OFA doesn’t have. What will happen to those registries? A. OFA will adopt all of those GDC registries except the GDC eye disease registry since a defined protocol for examination and registry for eyes is already in place through CERF. However, the ability for individual owners to choose to release all results of CERF evaluations through OFA does not exist at this time. Q. GDC also has a number of research databases on diseases such as cancer, dwarfism and portosystemic shunt disease. What will happen to that information? A. All research data will continue to be archived at GDC. The OFA and GDC will explore the possibility of continued data collection on particular diseases, such as cancer, based on demand. Q. How will this merge affect the
