If you're a breeder: " CHIC [CHIC stands for 'The Canine Health Information Center'] provides a reliable source of information regarding dogs they may use in their breeding programs. Using CHIC, breeders can analyze the pedigrees of a proposed breeding for health strengths and weaknesses as well the traditional analysis of conformation, type, and performance strengths and weaknesses."
If you're looking to buy a puppy: "the CHIC program provides accurate information about the results of a breeder's health testing. For diseases that are limited to phenotypic evaluations, there are no guarantees. However, the probability that an animal will develop an inherited disease is reduced when its ancestry has been tested normal. Further, as more DNA tests become available and the results are entered into CHIC, the CHIC database will be able to establish whether progeny will be clear, carriers, or affected."
If you're a researcher: "CHIC provides confidential and accurate aggregate information on multiple generations of dogs. CHIC information will also be useful for epidemiological studies enhancing our knowledge of health issues affecting all breeds of dogs."
For anyone and everyone else interested in canine health issues: CHIC is a tool to monitor disease prevalence and measure progress."
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// All quotations (" ") in this post are thanks to www.caninehealthinfo.org! //