Welcome to Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer Health, a website set up to research the incidence and distribution of health issues in the breed as it becomes more established in the United Kingdom. Whilst this project is independent from the UK breed club, it has their full support. Although the main focus of the research is the UK SRHP population, input from other countries is most welcome.
In 2011, The UK Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer Club (provisional) published a report to investigate genetic diversity and the incidence of health problems in the breed. This is now published here. One of the recommendations in this report was to set up a SRHP health website......... so here it is!
The report has provided an excellent starting point for tracking health issues in the SRHP. As a relatively new breed to the UK there is a unique opportunity to monitor any health issues as they arise. The aim of this project is the ongoing collection of data with the hope that this can be used to improve our understanding of health problems, in particular those which have a degree of heritability, and in turn improve the future wellbeing of this wonderful breed.
If your SRHP, or indeed any SRHP you have owned in the past, has suffered from ill health PLEASE complete the health survey. Even if you have previously submitted a health report to the Kennel Club or health co-ordinator it would be beneficial to hear from you in order to develop a complete picture of the incidence and distrubution of health issues (our databases are not currently shared).
There are indeed very many healthy and long-lived SRHP in the UK, owners of these dogs are also invited to complete the health survey, indicating that their dog has NOT developed any health issues - this information is equally important. The goal of this project is not to give the impression that health issues in the breed are widespread (known incidences pre-August 2011 are summarised in the report). The goal is simply the collection of data and conscientious monitoring so potential problems can be highlighted as early as possible.
In 2011, The UK Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer Club (provisional) published a report to investigate genetic diversity and the incidence of health problems in the breed. This is now published here. One of the recommendations in this report was to set up a SRHP health website......... so here it is!
The report has provided an excellent starting point for tracking health issues in the SRHP. As a relatively new breed to the UK there is a unique opportunity to monitor any health issues as they arise. The aim of this project is the ongoing collection of data with the hope that this can be used to improve our understanding of health problems, in particular those which have a degree of heritability, and in turn improve the future wellbeing of this wonderful breed.
If your SRHP, or indeed any SRHP you have owned in the past, has suffered from ill health PLEASE complete the health survey. Even if you have previously submitted a health report to the Kennel Club or health co-ordinator it would be beneficial to hear from you in order to develop a complete picture of the incidence and distrubution of health issues (our databases are not currently shared).
There are indeed very many healthy and long-lived SRHP in the UK, owners of these dogs are also invited to complete the health survey, indicating that their dog has NOT developed any health issues - this information is equally important. The goal of this project is not to give the impression that health issues in the breed are widespread (known incidences pre-August 2011 are summarised in the report). The goal is simply the collection of data and conscientious monitoring so potential problems can be highlighted as early as possible.