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The
Alaskan Malamute Club of America, Inc.
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The Alaskan Malamute Club of America, Inc.
has as its main goal the betterment of the breed and asserts
that its membership has an obligation to the Alaskan Malamute
breed to preserve the magnificence of the breed without
exploiting it. To that end the Club was established and those
goals are kept in mind as we expand into each new area of
involvement with our breed. The Club's membership of over 1,000
is actively involved in all those facets of the Breed that
contribute to these goals.
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AVMA
Pet Owners Guide to Small Animal Poisons
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The American Veterinary Medical Association
has published a Pet Owners Guide to Small Animal Poisons,
including lists of plants, drugs, household products, etc. that
are harmful to your dog's health. An example of a common plant
that is poisonous to small animals such as dogs and cats are
rhododendrons (and other cardiac glycoside containing plants).
Common names include Rhododendrons, milkweeds,
lily-of-the-valley, laurel, oleander, azalea, foxglove, etc.
These common plants all contain cardiac glycosides. Cardiac
glycoside drugs derived from one of these plants, digitalis
(foxglove), are used in the treatment of heart disease in people
and animals. Due to their actions on the heart, however,
ingestion of plants containing glycosides can be fatal. Signs
may include vomiting, diarrhea, collapse, or death from heart
failure. Fortunately, the plant has a bitter and very unpleasant
taste!
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Canine
Eye Registration Foundation (C.E.R.F.)
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The Canine Eye Registration Foundation (C.E.R.F.)
is an organization that was founded by a group of concerned,
purebred owner/breeders, in conjunction with cooperating, board
certified, veterinary ophthalmologists, with the goal of
elimination of heritable eye disease in all purebred dogs. The
C.E.R.F. Registry not only registers those dog's certified free
of heritable eye disease by members of the American College of
Veterinary Ophthalmologists (A.C.V.O. ) , but also collects data
on all dogs examined by A.C.V.O. Diplomates. This data is used
to form the C.E.R.F. data base which is useful in researching
trends in eye disease and breed susceptibility. Not only is this
data useful to clinicians and students of ophthalmology, but to
interested breed clubs and individual breeders and owners of
specific breeds.
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Orthopedic
Foundation for Animals (OFA)
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OFA, established in 1966, is a
not-for-profit organization originally created to assist
breeders in addressing hip dysplasia. In recent years OFA has
added registries to assist breeders in assessing elbow and
patella deformities, craniomandibular osteopathy, autoimmune
thyroiditis, congenital heart disease and copper toxicosis in
Bedlington Terriers and DNA registries.
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