CERF Test – Friday, October 19, 2007
Dr Cecil Moore from the University of Missouri at Columbia will be doing CERF exams at Purina Farms. Remember to bring our dog’s registration number.

Cost:

Preregister:

$25, 1st dog

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$22 2nd dog

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$20, 3rd and more dogs

Day of:

$30, 1st dog

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$25 each additional

BAER Test – Friday, October 19, 2007
Dr Donald York will be doing BAER testing at Purina Farms. BAER tests check for congenital deafness.

Cost:

Preregister:

$30

Day of:

$35

Blood Draws for CEA/CH, CL and TNS – Friday, October 19, 2007
Volunteers will draw blood for submission for any of these genetic tests. The CEA/CH and CL tests will be submitted to Optigen and the TNS test will be sent to Dr Alan Wilton of the University of South Wales. Payment will be made directly to these 2 institutions and more information will follow. It will be a 20/20 satellite clinic.

ANNOUNCEMENT 9/4/07 - CEA TESTING AT THE SPECIALTY
  OptiGen has changed the way that they are handling "satellite" clinics for the tests that they provide. As a result, BCSA will not be able to offer its own 20/20 clinic at the specialty. I have been waiting to see if we had enough interest to do our own 20/20 clinic -- which means we MUST have 20 samples to send in -- and we don't have that many people who are planning to attend the specialty that would like to participate.
So we will be using a satellite code from an event earlier in October: The discount code for the October "satellite" clinic is ACDNS070924. This code will be available from September 10 through October 5. The samples should arrive at OptiGen between October 1 and October 5. Please visit the OptiGen website at www.optigen.com to register for the clinic and find instructions for submitting samples.
  This means that we will not be offering blood draws for CEA/CH or CL testing at the specialty. If you wish to participate in the 20/20 satellite clinic, please use the code mentioned above. We will still be doing blood draws for TNS testing because that doesn't require any minimum number.
  Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause but it really is our only option at this point. When OptiGen's new procedures go into effect for satellites (in January 2008) we will be able to do something again at the 2008 specialty. ~ Lisa Pruka, BCSA Health Chair, redborders@msn.com

Microchip Clinic and AKC CAR Program Registration – Friday, October 19, 2007
We will offer a microchip clinic using the new chips offered through the AKC CAR program.