Are you familiar with the Flat Chest Kitten Syndrome? That a kitten's rib-cage turns flat at around 2-10 days of age? If not, you could learn more about this defect in Julia Craig-McFeely's article Flat Chest Kitten Syndrome, which is available in the PawAcademy.

Since all lines of a breed will sooner or later be mixed with each other, the genetic health problems are not yours or mine, but it is something we need to battle together. A way to do this is to work with health programmes. Did you know that PawPeds is working together with some breed clubs on Health Programmes in order to improve the genetic health of the cats?

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News

2008-05-01: We added the Norwegian translation of Eliminating Mutation: The Impossible Dream, and the Portuguese translation of Feline vaccination.

2008-04-28: Today we received the Danish translation of OMERTA: The Breeders' Code of Silence.

2008-04-26: Norwegian translations of the Introduction page of the Heritage site, and of the Test Breeding new Maine Coon Foundation Lines? article were added today.

2008-04-14: We have now made an update of NetPedigree 2. The major changes are a new search algorithm and more settings in User Preferences. For example, you can set the preferred search method and which, if any, health info to be shown directly in the pedigree. More information about the changes can be found in the updated user guide.

2008-03-29: Another new article was added today: a photo story about the BAER test, both in English and Dutch.

2008-03-18: There is a new article on PawPeds: Canine Hip Displasia by Susan Thorpe-Vargas and John Cargill.

2008-03-09: We added two translations of the "Glossery of terms" at the Heritage site: the Norwegian and the Portuguese version.

2008-01-30: We added a new French translation: the Breeding a litter article.

2008-01-30: As of today there is also a database for Hollandse Smoushonden!

2008-01-13: A new database is available now, for Burmese cats!

2008-01-05: The version 2 of NetPedigree is now in use at PawPeds. To learn more about this version have a look at the user guide. We also have a special page where we try to explain the most common questions about the new version.

2007-12-28: The next round of the internetbased course about cats, in Swedish, is being started 6 February 2008. Read more about the course in English or in Swedish.

2007-12-23: The Bloodgroup article is translated in Portuguese.

2007-12-09: And yet another version of the Siberian Exile article is added: this time the Spanish translation.

2007-12-08: A German translation was added today, of the Siberian Exile article.

2007-12-06: The Tube Feeding article is now translated into Portuguese.

2007-12-05: The article about Siamese cats was translated into Croatian.

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