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OptiGen's Health Registry Reporting Policies

OptiGen makes every effort to work closely with a variety of breed clubs to help foster the breeding of healthy dogs. One of the ways that we do this is by providing data reports, at no fee (except for those registries that require one) as described in the table below. These reports are sent to designated repositories, such as the breed club’s health committee, or to a national health registry such as the OFA. We only will institute a reporting scheme after the breed club has taken official action requesting and authorizing us to do so. Reporting schemes for the clubs that have taken this action to date are shown in the table.

Breed clubs that would like to initiate such a reporting scheme must take official action within the club to decide the following:

To whom or to what database are the results to be sent? (e.g. Club’s Health committee chair, OFA, CERF).
What class of results are to be sent? For example, do only Normal results get reported or will this be an “Open” registry where all test results are reported?
For those breeds that have multiple tests available at OptiGen, which of these tests are to be reported?

Once the club has decided the parameters of their desired reporting scheme, it must then provide OptiGen with written notification of the request for us to report. In addition to the above information, the official letter should indicate:

The registry (e.g. AKC, UKC, UK Kennel Club) with which the breed club is affiliated. The registration numbers that are supplied by the owner in the test order form should reflect the national registry. If the breed is represented by more than one club with this national registry, the other clubs within that national registry for this breed must also provide written notification requesting the same reporting action before OptiGen can adopt the reporting scheme.
If the breed club wishes to have test results reported to a national health registry, e.g. OFA or CERF, it must contact that organization and make arrangements for this to occur. OptiGen will need to know what fee has been agreed upon with that organization and we will include that fee in the test order as a service to the health registry. The fee will pass through OptiGen and the income will go to the health registry without extra charge.

If the breed is represented by multiple national registries within a country, we strongly urge you to work in cooperation with all of the other breed clubs so that all clubs are taking similar action. The report for a specific breed will be determined by the national registry field designation that is provided by the owner when the order is placed. For example, if AKC is designated as the national registry for a dog, then the AKC’s parent breed club’s reporting scheme would apply to this dog (although no results are currently provided to the AKC).

Please keep in mind that OptiGen’s health reports are generated at the request of and in compliance with the official policies of the parent breed clubs. Any questions and concerns regarding the nature of the reporting scheme should be directed to the parent breed club that has instituted the policy.

Health Data Currently Distributed from OptiGen to Database Files

Breed	Parent Breed Club	Dog Registration Organization	Test Result Reported	Database File
All Breeds	The Kennel Union of South Africa (KUSA)	The Kennel Union of South Africa (KUSA)	All test results starting December 10, 2007	KUSA (Club File)
All Breeds for prcd-PRA	Dansk Kennel Klub (DKK)	Dansk Kennel Klub (DKK)	All prcd-PRA test results starting March 1, 2008	DKK (Club File)
Australian Cattle Dog	Australian Cattle Dog Club of America (ACDCA)	American Kennel Club (AKC)	All Results for prcd-PRA	OFA (Fee required)
Australian Cattle Dog	Australian Cattle Dog Club of Great Britain (ACDSGB)	United Kingdom Kennel Club (UKKC)	All Results for prcd-PRA	ACDSGB (Club File)
Border Collie	Border Collie Club of the United Kingdom	United Kingdom Kennel Club (UKKC)	All Results for CEA and CL as of Dec. 1, 2007	UKKC
Briard	Briard Club of America (BCA)	American Kennel Club (AKC)	All Results for CSNB	CERF (Fee required)
Chesapeake Bay Retriever	American Chesapeake Club (ACC)	American Kennel Club (AKC)	Normal Results Only for prcd-PRA	ACC (Club File)
Chesapeake Bay Retriever	Retriever Club of Switzerland (RCS)		All Results for prcd-PRA	RCS (Club File)
Chesapeake Bay Retriever	Chesapeake Bay Retriever Club of the United Kingdom	United Kingdom Kennel Club (UKKC)	All Results for prcd-PRA as of May 1, 2007	UKKC
English Cocker Spaniel	English Cocker Spaniel Club of America (ECSCA)	American Kennel Club (AKC)	All Results for FN after Jan. 29, 2007	ECSCA (Club File)
Finnish Lapphund	Finnish Lapphund Club of the United Kingdom	United Kingdom Kennel Club (UKKC)	All Results for prcd-PRA as of July 15, 2007	UKKC
Irish Setter	Irish Setter Club of America (ISCA)	American Kennel Club (AKC)	All Results PRA & Clad	CERF (Fee required)
Kuvasz	Kuvasz Club of America (KCA)	American Kennel Club (AKC)	All Results after January 28, 2008	OFA (Fee required) & KCA (Club File)
Labrador Retriever	Labrador Retriever Club of the United Kingdom	United Kingdom Kennel Club (UKKC)	All Results for PRA after July 1, 2007	UKKC
Labrador Retriever	Retriever Club of Switzerland (RCS)		All Results for prcd-PRA	RCS (Club File)
Mastiff (Old English)	Mastiff Club of America (MCOA)	American Kennel Club (AKC)	All Results for PRA & CMR	OFA (Fee required)
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of USA - NSDTRC(USA)	American Kennel Club (AKC)	All Results for CEA & PRA starting January 1, 2008	OFA (Fee required)
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada (NSDTRCC)	Canadian Kennel Club (CKC)	All Results for CEA & PRA	NSDTRCC (Club File)
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Finland	Finska Kennelklubben (FKK)	All CEA & PRA Results starting March 15, 2008	FKK (Club File)
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Netherlands (NSDTRCN)	Nederlandse Honden Stamboek (NHSB) of Raad van Beheer op Kynologisch gebied in Nederland	All Results for CEA & PRA starting November 1, 2007	NSDTRCN (Club File)
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	Retriever Club of Switzerland (RCS)		All Results for prcd-PRA	RCS (Club File)
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of the United Kingdom	United Kingdom Kennel Club (UKKC)	All Results for CEA as of July 1, 2007	UKKC
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of the United Kingdom	United Kingdom Kennel Club (UKKC)	All Results for prcd-PRA as of May 1, 2007	UKKC
Portuguese Water Dog	Portuguese Water Dog Club of America (PWDCA)	American Kennel Club (AKC)	All Results for prcd-PRA	PWDCA (Club File)
Poodle	Poodle Club of the United Kingdom	United Kingdom Kennel Club (UKKC)	All Results for prcd-PRA as of May 1, 2007	UKKC
Sloughi	Sloughi Fanciers Assoc. of America (SFAA)	American Kennel Club (AKC)	All Results for PRA	SFAA (Club File)
Spanish Water Dog	Spanish Water Dog Club, Inc. (SWDC)	American Kennel Club (AKC)	All Results for prcd-PRA	OFA (Fee required)
Spanish Water Dog	Spanish Water Dog Club of America (SWDCA)	American Kennel Club(AKC)	All Results for prcd-PRA	OFA (Fee required)
Spanish Water Dog	Spanish Water Dog Association of America (SWDAA)	United Kennel Club (UKC)	All Results for prcd-PRA	OFA (Fee required)

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