Re: [pyrnet] Shelters and Breeders (was: shelters)

[M3A4E5@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/24/01 11:17:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
lmweisser@home.com writes:

<< It might interest some of you to know that Cornell did a project on the
 health of pet shop vs "breeder" pups.  When purchased, pet shop pups were
 just as healthy as breeder pups.  Pet shop pups had a somewhat greater % of
 respiratory things (kennel cough....) and breeder pups had a larger % of
 parasite issues (worms, coccidia etc.)  Now this did not address the long
 term genetic health of the pups, but initially pet shop pups are not sicker
 than any other pups.
 
 Linda
  >>

Do you know who commissioned the study? It would be very enlightening/helpful 
for the purposes of evaluation/discussion of their findings. 

Terry Rickert