Who uses the information from the database?
Information contained within the OHR may be used by anyone interested in the health of the Golden Retriever as a breed. It may be used by breeders who are interested in reducing or eliminating the occurrence of diseases known or suspected to have genetic origins from their breeding programs. It may be used by people seeking to acquire a Golden Retriever from a specific breeding in order to understand the occurrence of health problems in the pedigree behind the breeding. It may be used by researchers as an adjunct to or as a means of helping to design a formal, clinical study aimed at pinning down the causes of a particular disease. In short, there are many kinds of people who could use the information in the database, but all share a common interest in helping to improve the health of the breed.
