Spring, 1997

1 From the President of NABB . . . Spring, 1997 Inside this issue . . . NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BURMESE BREEDERS, INC. Treasurer‘s Report 2 Dear Members, 1996-97 Board of Directors Special Election Notice 2 HEADS UP!! Just when you thought that the “ARists” weren’t coming to your PRESIDENT - Pat Jacobberger 2701 Overlook Drive Legislative Alert! Heads Up! 3 town . . . they are in Washington, DC Bloomington, MN 55431 working to curb the way ALL of us in the E-mail - voyageur@concentric. The First Time - a chronicle 8 ENTIRE country breed and place net FAX - 612-888-8311 of a first litter. pedigreed cats and dogs. Take a close, SECRETARY - Michele Clark Flat Chestedness in Kittens 10 hard look at the material in this 1435 N. Allen Avenue Newsletter from pages 3-7. Pay attention Pasadena, CA 91104 E-mail - [email protected] Show Winners / New 14 to the wake-up-call being sounded!! The Grands / New Cats of DM Doris Day Animal League intends to get TREASURER - Chuck Reich their agenda advanced. Be sure that you 922 Columbia Place Color Genetics for Burmese 16 take the initiative either alone or in Boulder, CO 80303 Breeders - Part II E-mail - [email protected] groups, to answer the questions being Feline Asthma 19 asked and to contact YOUR Congressman. DIRECTOR - Melinda Webster 159 Bedford Road And please, do it by May 27, 1997!! Membership List 20 Lincoln, MA 01773 E-mail - [email protected] Next, check out the recent report on Surf‘N‘ the Net 24 DIRECTOR - Erika Graf-Webster the NCI Genome Project addressed on 11057 Saffold Way Participation Guide for the 26 page 30. Note the phrase “the deformity Reston, VA 22090 Burmese Breed Study which has been confirmed to act in an E-mail - [email protected] autosomal recessive inheritance Burmese Breed Study Update 30 NEWSLETTER STAFF pattern.” Poisonous Plants 32 EDITOR - Pat Jacobberger Autosomal means that it is not a sex SHOW REPORTS - linked gene. A recessive genetic Kathy Rutledge NABB Breed Brochure 34 ORIGINAL STORIES - Rewrite characteristic is something that a cat has Michele Clark to be homozygous for (have both copies of BURMESE STUDY UPDATES - Comics Corner 36 the allele) to be visible. For instance, Erika Graf-Webster dilute (as in champagne or platinum) is Applications - NABB 37 The National Alliance of Burmese an autosomal recessive allele. The Manx Breeders, Inc. (NABB) Newsletter gene is (literally) the textbook example of is published four times a year NABB Bulletin Board 38 an autosomal recessive gene. (Jan-Apr-Jul-Sep). Membership is available to Burmese Breeders What does this mean for the more and Exhibitors. Associate Business Cards 42 membership is available to extreme Burmese if this assessment is Burmese owners. To obtain correct? It means we are all going to information about NABB have to have a long, thoughtful membership, please contact any discussion on the future direction of our officer or director. GC, RW Sharjo‘s Echo was CFA Best Burmese breed. More next time . . . during the 1995-95 show season. This lovely NABB affiliated Sable female was bred and is owned by Joseph is breed and Sharon Garrity, Enumclaw, WA. The 1995- a club 96 CFA Best Dilute Burmese was GC, RW Arecea Kokopelli a Champagne male bred and April, 1997 owned by Debbie & Jeff Diehl or Reston, VA. Minneapolis, MN 2 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF NOMINATIONS FOR DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BURMESE BREEDERS, INC. As of March 15, 1997, only one timely submission for nominations for the TREASURER‘S REPORT two Director-at-Large positions had been received by the Nominations CHUCK REICH - TREASURER Committee. Others have been received since. In addition, no First Quarter - January 1 through submissions for Club Delegate had been received. The Board of March 31, 1997 Directors (President, Secretary, Treasurer and the two current Directors- at-Large) discussed the situation and sought the advice of CFA Legal CHECKING ACCOUNT Counsel, Fred Jacobberger.

January Beginning balance 01/01/97 $ On April 10, 1997, the NABB Board elected to do the following: 891.25 • A ballot will be prepared and mailed to the membership for the Income election of one Director-at-Large. Membership Dues 240.00 Publication Sales 2.00 • Nominations will reopen for the remaining position of Director- Expenditures at-Large as of April 15, 1997 and will remain open until May 15, CFA, Inc. 1997 Dues 60.00 1997. Ballots will be mailed to the membership for the election Balance 01/31/97 $ 1,073.25 of the second Director-at-Large on or about May 16, 1997. Ballots being returned must postmarked by June 12, 1997. February Income • Pat Jacobberger, President, will be the NABB Delegate to the Membership dues $ 1997 CFA Annual Meeting. 120.00 Expenditures Membership criteria still apply so you must Letter Tech, breed booth printing 77.04 Patricia Jacobberger, have paid your dues by the April 1 deadline Winter Newsletter 685.88 in order to be nominated or to vote. Balance 02/28/97 $ 430.33

March Income Member dues $ 170.00 Publications sales LETTERS 3.00 Expenditures 0.00 Balance 03/31/97 $ 603.33 2/25/97

SAVINGS ACCOUNT Dear Pat,

Beginning balance 01/01/97 $ 17,807.92 Since I just finished reading the NABB Quarterly from cover to cover I felt Deposit, interest for January, 1997 46.88 Deposit, interest for February, 1997 42.46 motivated to let you know how well done it is. There was so much excellent Deposit, interest for March, 1997 information and I appreciated receiving a copy even though I can not be a 47.12 member. Balance 03/31/97 $ 17,944.38 Thanks for including Winn Feline Foundation material on early altering - the cats SHOW ACCOUNT are now over 5 years old and will be followed until the age of 10 per Dr. Lane‘s Balance 12/31/96 $ 3,928.18 June, 1996 talk. Still no problems.

I am glad that the Winn Feline Foundation approved the craniofacial study continuation and you should be receiving information soon on fund raising prior to awarding a grant. Leslie submitted an outstanding progress report with the grant request.

Best regards,

s/ Joan Miller

(NABB provides a copy of each Newsletter to each Board Member of the CFA Board of Directors. Ed.)

3 LEGISLATIVE ALERT - ALL BREEDERS!! Spring, 1997 THIS AFFECTS YOU!!! dealers, research facilities, exhibitors, and carriers Forwarded at the request of Lauren Lavelle - CFA and intermediate handlers. Regulations established under the Act are contained in 9 CFR The following is taken directly from the Federal Register. Please take note of the parts 1, 2, and 3. 9 CFR part 1 contains definitions ACTUAL TEXT and the actual questions that are to be commented on. CFA is currently for terms used in 9 CFR parts 2 and 3. Subpart A working on this development. The USDA had no intention of adding the hobbiest into of 9 CFR part 3 contains specific standards for the their framework. This only comes about from a lawsuit filed by the Doris Day Animal humane handling, care, treatment, and League. transportation of dogs and cats . A petition for rulemaking, sponsored by the Doris Day Animal The questions to be addressed are: League , requests two changes to the regulations at 9 CFR parts 1 and 3. The requested changes 1. Should the definition of "retail pet store" in 9 CFR part 1 be revised to read "a non- are: (1) to redefine the term "retail pet store" in 9 residential business establishment used primarily for the sale of pets to the ultimate CFR part 1; and (2) to regulate dealers of dogs customer'? intended for hunting, security, and breeding under the provisions applicable to other dealers of dogs 2. Should dealers of dogs intended for hunting, security, and breeding be subject to the in 9 CFR part 3. The petition is printed below. A applicable regulations at 9 CFR part 3, subchapter A"? brief description of the appendices referred to in the petition appears at the end of the petition. Before any additional comments on this can be made these definitions must be read in Comments are invited on the proposed changes conjunction with the entire AWA. discussed in the petition. In particular, we are soliciting comments addressing the following [PR] 62 FR 14044 -- Mar. 25, 1997 [RWA4044A] questions: 9 CFR Parts 1 and 3 [Docket No. 97-018-1] 1. Should the definition of "retail pet store" in 9 CFR part 1 be revised to read "a non-residential Animal Welfare; Petition for Rulemaking business establishment used primarily for the sale of pets to the ultimate customer'? AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. 2. Should dealers of dogs intended for hunting, ACTION: Notice of petition and request for comments. security, and breeding be subject to the applicable regulations at 9 CFR part 3, subchapter A"? SUMMARY: We are notifying the public of our receipt of a petition for rulemaking, and we are soliciting public comment on that petition. The petition, sponsored by the Doris Day Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2131-2159; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, Animal League, requests that we amend the Animal Welfare regulations by redefining the and 371.2(g). term "retail pet store" and by including dealers of dogs intended for hunting, security, and breeding in the regulations. Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of March 1997. DATES: Consideration will be given only to comments received on or before May 27, 1997. Terry L. Medley, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to Docket Service. No. 97-018-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,APHIS, suite 3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comments refer Petition Before the U.S. Department to Docket No. 97-018-1. Anyone wishing to see copies of comments received, or the of Agriculture petition, including appendices, may do so by coming to USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. Petition for Rulemaking and Collateral Relief; and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Please call ahead on (202) 690- Doris Day Animal League , 227 Massachusetts 2817 to facilitate entry into the comment reading room. Avenue, NE, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20002 June 22, 1995. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Bettye Walters, Veterinary Medical Officer, AC, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 20737-1234, (301) 734- I. Introduction 7833. Pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U. S.C. §553(e), the Doris Day Animal League, a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: national animal protection organization, petitions the Department of Agriculture to: (1) change the Background department policy of excluding from regulation Under the Animal Welfare Act (the Act) (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to promulgate standards and other requirements governing the (Continued on page 5) 4 humane handling, housing, care, treatment, and transportation of certain animals by National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. English language and undermines the clear intent of the statute. This expanded exclusion allows dozens if not hundreds of dog breeders to keep animals in inhumane (Continued from page 4) conditions, without adequate veterinary care and completely protected from public hunting, security and breeding dog dealers, under view by simply raising and selling pets directly to the public. Investigations have found the Animal Welfare Act ("Act"), 7 U.S.C. §2131 et some of these facilities to be operated in a manner that allows communicable diseases seq.; and, (2) amend regulations under the Act, that such as parvo and distemper to spread, and provides inadequate shelter and currently define the term "retail pet store" in the Act unhealthy sanitary conditions including fetid water, vermin infestation and fecal as all retail pet "outlets." Doris Day Animal League material in and around cages. For example, a "20/20" television report highlighted a proposes that the definition of "retail pet store" under case in which a dog purchased from one of these facilities was found to have a staph USDA regulations be a "non-residential business infection, cot cicada, diarrhea, skin fungus, pyoderma parasites, tapeworms, hook establishment used primarily for the sale of pets to worms, whip worms, an eye infection, a weak immune system and emodectic mange.7 the ultimate consumer." The facility involved was eventually prosecuted and closed down by local authorities. A more recent case involves a breeder in Glendale, West Virginia. This breeder was II. Nature of Petitioner's Interests given a six-month-old male Shih-Tzu as a co-owner in January of 1994. When he was Petitioner, the Doris Day Animal League (DDAL), is a returned to the other owners on October 19, 1994 he was emaciated and dehydrated non-profit, charitable corporation with principal and had severe flea infections, worms, was extremely matted, and needed stitches to offices in Washington, D.C. The DDAL represents a close a wound. The co-owners had tried to solicit help from the local police to membership and mailing constituency of more than investigate complaints regarding odors emanating from the yard, but the police stated 298,000 persons nationwide. The primary goal of that they did not have the authority to act.8 If the kennel were licensed under the Act, it DDAL is to promote humane care and treatment of would be open to inspections and the kennel would be mandated to correct all animals, including animals bred and raised in deficiencies. The agency's interpretation that the term "store" includes all "outlets" has puppy mills for pets or hunting dogs. Petitioner DDAL allowed these and other equally deficient establishments to operate unchecked and for has used substantial resources in seeking to correct the dogs involved to suffer from inadequate housing, food and veterinary care. A the deficiencies in the Animal Welfare Act,1 "store" simply cannot be interpreted to encompass operations that breed, raise or sell regulations under the Act2 and the enforcement of puppies from a backyard, living room or barn. Therefore this interpretation by the regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act. DDAL agency constitutes an unreasonable and arbitrary interpretation of the clear and plain actively participated in the promulgation of meaning of the statute and is therefore contrary to the law. The agency may have regulations under the 1985 amendments to the Act been influenced in promulgating the regulation by the legislative history accompanying and in monitoring the enforcement of the Act as it the 1970 amendments which states that the bill's purpose is to regulate "more people relates to Class "A" dealers. DDAL played a who handle animals. It will, for example, bring into the regulatory framework of the Act significant role in the development of Canadian for the first time . . . wholesale pet dealers (emphasis added)."9 This explanation of the regulations limiting the numbers of sick and diseased expansion of the coverage of the Act is clearly intended as an overview and not as a puppies entering Canada from U.S. Class "A" and limit on the potential for regulation. The section states that it is intended as an Class "B" dealer operations, and has sent the "example" of the expansion of coverage and not a description of the universe of Department of Agriculture over 75,000 petitions and coverage.10 It is reasonable for the author of the legislative history, in seeking to postcards from our members requesting prompt generally characterize a section that excludes retail dealers to state that the section action to reduce the abuses prevalent in the puppy includes wholesale dealers. It is not reasonable, however, for the agency to use this breeding industry. general description to limit coverage only to those entities clearly given as "examples" of intended coverage under the Act. While it is true that a dealer operating as a III. Statement of the Problem breeder but selling to the public directly is not a wholesaler, it is also clear that he or A. Current USDA Regulations Defining "Retail Pet she in most, if not all, cases is not a "store." The Act does not exclude "retail outlets", it Store" as any "Outlet" are Overly Broad and Violate does not exclude "all dealers except wholesalers." It only excludes establishments that Both the Clear Language and the Spirit of the Animal are both (1) retail and (2) stores. Clearly, had Congress intended to limit coverage Welfare Act either to only include wholesalers or to expand the exclusion of retailers to all "outlets," it could have done so. It did not. It is not the intent of the petitioner to seek amendment When Congress first enacted the Animal Welfare Act of the statute to include the casual breeder who sells directly to the public; these in 1966 it was intended to regulate only those entities breeders are excluded from coverage under the Act by the specific exclusion of that sold animals to laboratories and to reduce the individuals who derive no more that $500 gross income from the sale of animals each incidence of pet theft.3 The 1970 amendments year.11 Rather it is the intention of the petitioner to seek regulations that clearly expanded the coverage to include dealers of animals include individuals making a substantial income from the sales of dozens of puppies sold "for use as pets . . ."4 The Congressional each year for whom no protection currently exists by selling directly to the ultimate amendment specifically excluded "retail pet stores."5 consumer. The Department of Agriculture promulgated regulations interpreting the term "retail pet store" to B. The Current Policy of U.S.D.A. To Exclude the Dealers of "Hunting, Breeding and include any retail "outlet" under the 1970 Security Dogs" From the Provisions of the Act Is in Direct Contravention of the Explicit Amendments.6 The arbitrary expansion of the "retail Language of the Statute pet store" exemption called for in the statute to include any "outlet" selling to the consumer The U.S.D.A. has repeatedly stated its "policy" of not regulating hunting dog dealers confounds any reasonable definition of "store" in the under the Animal Welfare Act.12 However, this policy is in conflict with the clear language of the Animal Welfare Act and its supporting legislative history. Just as the (Continued on page 6) 5 (Continued from page 5) Spring, 1997 1970 amendments expanded coverage of the Act to include animals sold for pets, Congress also intended to include under this category dogs sold for hunting, security or limited to those entities that clearly fall within this breeding purposes. The Department did not include these animals under the Act's exemption. All other entities, including retail pet protection when implementing the 1970 amendments. Therefore, when Congress dealers, not operating as stores, should be covered revisited the Act in 1976 to expand coverage to the transportation of animals by air and to and regulated. The policy of the Department to ban animal fighting ventures, it also clarified its intention in the previous bill by including exclude breeders of dogs for hunting, breeding or the following language: (f) The term "dealer" means any person who, in commerce, for security purposes has an even shakier foundation. compensation or profit . . . buys or sells . . . (2) any dog for hunting, security, or breeding The statute expressly calls for the inclusion of purposes . . .13 (g) The term "animal" means any live or dead dog. With respect to a dog these dealers. Yet, inexplicably, the Department the term means all dogs including those used for hunting, security, or breeding has based its exclusion of these animals on its own purposes."14 The agency cites two sources for the basis of its exclusion of some dogs flawed interpretation of the Act to exclude all retail from the provisions of the Act.15 The first is the legislative history related to the 1966 bill outlets. In fact, the exclusion of dogs bred for (referenced in letter as H.R. 13881). However, the 1966 bill only dealt with the sale of hunting, breeding or security purposes is not only animals to medical research and not to any facet of the pet industry. Therefore, this inconsistent with the statute, it is contrary to its provides no justification for this exclusion. The second source is the exclusion of "retail express language. Dogs bred for hunting, security pet store" from the Act in the 1970 Amendments. Clearly Congress did not intend to and breeding purposes fall within the clearly exclude any retail operation, but rather retail stores. This is evidenced by Congress' expressed legislative intent and therefore should be attempts to correct the Department's misinterpretation of the exclusions under the 1970 covered. amendments. Had Congress agreed with the agency's interpretation of the Act to expand the term "store" to include an "outlet" it would have been silent on the issue in the 1976 VI. The Regulatory Change Sought Would Amendments. With regard to dogs used for hunting, security, or breeding, Congress Further the Purpose of the Act made its intent extremely clear in 1976. In the legislative history related to the 1976 The purpose of the Animal Welfare Act is to amendments, the House report recognized the Department's flawed interpretation of the establish humane treatment of dogs by animal 1970 Amendments which were intended to cover hunting, security and breeding dogs by dealers.20 The Act establishes by law the humane stating that "Contrary to the interpretation presently held by the Secretary of Agriculture, ethic that animals should be accorded the basic all dogs, including dogs used for hunting, security or breeding purposes, do fall within the creature comforts of adequate housing, ample food protection of the Act."16 The Department's later analysis that these dogs are not covered and water, reasonable handling, decent sanitation, "since hunting dogs are usually sold at the retail level" flies in the face of the express sufficient ventilation, shelter from extremes of wishes of Congress. Because hunting, security and breeding dogs are rarely if ever sold weather and temperature and adequate veterinary at a retail pet store but, even according to the agency, are sold at the retail level,17 and, care.21 because Congress clearly indicated that the agency's interpretation that hunting dogs are to be excluded is wrong, the only logical interpretation of the Act is that "retail level" sales The inclusion of all dealers who breed dogs, are intended to be included at least as they relate to hunting, security and breeding dogs. including those sold for hunting, breeding or Also, because the exemption relates to dogs sold "as pets" and not to dogs used for security purposes, and with the limited exception of hunting, breeding or security, it should have no application to establishments dealing in retail stores, will assure protection under the Act for these animals.18 Because "breeding dogs" are included in Congress' clarification, and more animals, and therefore, will further its because no Class "A" dealer can operate without buying or selling breeding dogs, all purpose. Class "A" dealers should be covered under the provisions of the Act unless they are breeding in a "retail store." VII. Conclusion For the reasons set forth, Petitioner requests that IV. Petitioner's Request For Rulemaking the U.S.D.A. make the requested changes in its Petitioner requests that USDA change current policies that exclude dealers handling dogs rules and administrative policies. used for hunting, security, or breeding purposes from the provisions of the Act and Respectfully Submitted, promulgate regulations that would change the definition of "retail pet store" to "non- residential business establishment used primarily for the sale of pets to the ultimate Holly E. Hazard, consumer." Executive Director, Doris Day Animal League.

V. The Regulatory Changes Sought Are Supported by the Clear Language of the Statute Appendices In order to be valid, regulations must be consistent with the statute under which they are Appendix 1: Letter from Dayne E. Vendal promulgated. United States v. Larinoff, 431 U.S. 864, 873 (1971).19 The starting point for concerning purchase of a dog interpreting a statute is the language of the statute itself and, absent a clearly expressed Appendix 2: Statement and other documents from legislative intent to the contrary, that language must ordinarily be regarded as conclusive. Stephen and Peggy Waltman concerning the care Consumer Product Safety Comm. v. G.T.E. Sylvania, Inc., 447 U.S. 102 (1980). of a dog Furthermore, an agency's interpretation of a statute is not entitled to deference when it Appendix 3: Letter to Holly Hazard, DDAL, from P. goes beyond the meaning that the statute can bear. MCI Telecommunications v. L. Allen, APHIS American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 114 S. Ct. 2223, 2231 (1994). The Animal Appendix 4: Letter to Sara Amundsen, DDAL, from Welfare Act calls for the exemption of "retail pet stores" from the provisions of the Act. Cheryl A. Oswalt, APHIS The expansion of this exclusion to include any "outlet" is inconsistent with the plain Appendix 5: Letter to Holly Hazard, DDAL, and language of the statute. Nothing suggests that Congress intended to limit coverage to (Continued on page 7) wholesalers. Therefore, the exclusion from coverage for "retail pet stores" should be 6 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. Amendments of 1997'. Section Two expands the term 'dealer' to mean any person who acquires, delivers for transportation or transports, buys or sells any animal for (Continued from page 6) research, experimentation, teaching, exhibition or use as a pet, any dog for hunting or William Long, HSUS, from the law firm of Davis, security purposes, or any dog or cat f or breeding purposes...... ' Graham, and Stubbs “Section Four prohibits unlicensed persons from acquiring animals, selling or Endnotes offering any animal for sale, leasing or offering any animal for lease, 1. 7 U.S.C.A. 2131 et seq. transporting or offering to transport any animal, buying or offering to buy any 2. 9 CFR Sec. 1.1 et seq. animal, exhibiting or offering to exhibit any animal, transferring any animal, or 3. 2 U.S. Cong. & Admin. News '66, at 2636. engaging in any other business activity as dealer or exhibitor." 4. P.L. 91-579. 5. 7 U.S.C.A. 2132(f). —In September 1996, Steve Gunderson (R-Wisconsin) introduced HR 4249, same 6. 9 CFR at 1.1. subject and much the same verbage, EXCEPT: "Subsection (f) of section 2 of the 7. See Appendix 1. animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2132(f) is amended to include the following definition of 8. See Appendix 2. 'dealer': Any person who, in commerce for compensation or profit, delivers for 9. 3 Cong. & Admin. News '70 , at 5104. transportation, or transports, excepts as a carrier, buys, offers to buy, sells, or offers 10. Id. for sale, or lease of, or transfers - (A) any animal whether alive or dead, for research, 11. 7 U.S.C.A. 2132(f)(ii). experimentation, teaching, exhibition, or use as a pet; (B) any dog for hunting or 12. See letter to Ms. Holly Hazard from P.L. Allen, security purposes; or (C) any dog or cat for breeding purposes ." February 2, 1989 at Appendix 3. See also, letter to Ms. Sara Amundson from Cheryl Oswalt, October The comment period on the petition from the Doris Day Animal League (DDAL) is 14, 1992 at Appendix 4. until May 27, 1997. It is important that the USDA receive comments from the hobbits 13. 7 U.S.C.A. 2132(f). community. They employ people whose sole responsibility is to go through the 14. 7 U.S.C.A. 2132(g). comments received and count and categorize them. 15. See letter to Holly Hazard from P.L. Allen, February 2, 1989 at Appendix 3. The hobbyist's voice MUST ALSO be heard. Our comments don't have to be long 16. 2 U.S. Cong. & Admin News '76, at 758-759. or fancy, they just have to be received and counted. The DDAL indicates their 17. See letter to Amundson at Appendix 4. combined membership and mailing list is approximately 298,000 people. You can be 18. For a further analysis of this argument see letter sure they have contacted their members and the folks on their mailing list and have to Ms. Holly Hazard and Mr. William Long from Mark requested that they respond. D. Colley, Esq., Davis, Graham & Stubbs, L.L.C., June 9, 1995, at page 3 at Appendix 5 which is Evidently, unless there is a person in the USDA who has an AR agenda and is herein incorporated by reference. personally steering this petition through the comment process, the USDA usually does 19. Id. at page 1-2 at Appendix 5 which is herein take comments into consideration before enacting, or moving anything forward. incorporated by reference. Because most Americans are unaware of the comment process, most items receive 20. 2 U.S. Cong. & Admin. News '66, at 2635. little comment. Comments that are received are usually limited to those with a vested, 21. 3 U.S. Cong. & Admin. News '70, at 5104. or professional interest, not the general public. [FR Doc. 97-7454 Filed 3-24-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-34-P Not only does the USDA count responses, every Representative and Senator also [REFERENCES] 9CFR2, 7CFR2 counts and categorizes comments and concerns received in their office, whether it is [CITATIONS] 9CFR1, 9CFR3 received via the phone, fax, US mail or e-mail. The more comments they receive So, You May Be Asking, What regarding a particular item, the greater chance of influencing their vote. It would be extremely helpful to us to have a uniform list of points to make in our comments to the Does This Mean? USDA and/or our state legislators in Wash. D.C. I urge you to contact the CFA Central Office to see what Lauren is recommending. Hopefully, this information will be First, let‘s distill the meaning of the previous forthcoming. information down. The USAD Animal Welfare The fact that the DDAL is headquartered in Washington, D.C. indicates that it's primary Information Center Newsletter does a good job of function is to act as a lobbyist for DDAL and it's agenda. While the lobbying ability of putting it in a —nutshell“: the cat and dog fancy is not quite as sophisticated, it doesn't mean we can't be any less effective. The DDAL is using normal, established channels to push their agenda —HR 635 is a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to forward. Those same channels are open to us to counterbalance them. extend the licensing requirements of the act to additional dealers in animals and to strengthen the We all must participate. We can not assume our fellow breeders will be the ones to registration, prohibition, and enforcement provisions take action. Whether this law is enforceable or not, it will affect us all if allowed to be of this act. passed and enacted into law. I urge as many people as possible respond to the address cited with their comments regarding this petition. To find out the status of —Introduced February 6, 1997, by Jon Fox (R-Penn), these or any other bills you can access Congress‘ WEB site: and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. This (104th Congress) http://thomas.loc.gov/d104/d104query.html and act may be cited as the 'Animal Welfare Act (105th Congress) http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d105query.html

(Continued on page 8) 7 (Continued from page 7) Spring, 1997 HR 635, has 20 co-sponsors, who are (the dates represent when they signed on): Rep Lantos - 02/06/97 Rep Kelly - 02/06/97 Rep Neal - 02/06/97 John Cooksey, LA Rep Rivers - 02/06/97 Rep Gutierrez - 02/06/97 Rep Shays - 02/06/97 Rep Furse - 02/06/97 Rep Molinari - 02/06/97 Rep Manton - 02/06/97 Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry (to Rep Andrews - 02/06/97 Rep Farr - 02/06/97 Rep Poshard - 02/10/97 which the bill has been referred): Rep DeFazio - 02/10/97 Rep Evans - 02/10/97 Rep Lofgren - 02/25/97 Richard W. Pombo, CA, Chairman Rep Kleczka - 02/25/97 Rep Norton - 02/25/97 Rep Pelosi - 03/04/97 Collin C. Peterson, MN, Ranking Minority Member Rep Kennelly - 03/12/97 Rep Barcia - 03/12/97 John A. Boehner, OH, Vice Chairman Earl F. Hilliard, AL Members of the Agriculture Committee are: Bob Goodlatte, VA Full Committee Tim Holden, PA Robert F. (Bob) Smith, OR, Chairman Nick Smith, MI Larry Combest, TX , Vice Chairman Jay W. Johnson, WI Charles Stenholm, TX, Ranking Minority Member Frank D. Lucas, OK Bill Barrett, NE Gary A. Condit, CA George E. Brown, Jr., CA Ron Lewis, KY John A. Boehner, OH Calvin M. Dooley, CA Gary A. Condit, CA John N. Hostettler, IN Thomas W. Ewing, IL Sam Farr, CA Collin C. Peterson, MN Roy Blunt, MO John T. Doolittle, CA Leonard L. Boswell, IA Calvin M. Dooley, CA Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, MS Bob Goodlatte, VA William L. Jenkins, TN Eva M. Clayton, NC Richard W. Pombo, CA The House of Representatives has its own home David Minge, MN page, and you can find out the address (and/or e-mail Charles T. Canady, FL address) of your representative on the subcommittee Earl F. Hilliard, AL or the full committee there. It is: Nick Smith, MI Earl Pomeroy, ND http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d105query.html Terry Everett, AL Tim Holden, PA Thanks to the many Cat Fanciers on the —Fanciers‘ Frank Lucas, OK List“ and the —CFA List“ for the ideas and words used Scotty Beasler, KY to pull this information together. Namely: Ron Lewis, KY Sanford D. Bishop, GA Karen Lawrence Helen Chenoweth, IN Pam DelaBar Bennie G. Thompson, MS Mary Tyson John N. Hostettler, IN Gayla Pierce Sam Farr, CA Ed Bryant, TN John E. Baldacci, ME Mark Foley, FL Marion Berry, AR Saxby Chambliss, GA Virgil H. Goode, VA Ray LaHood, IL Mike McIntyre, NC Jo Ann Emerson, MO Debbie Stabenow, MI Jerry Moran, KS Bob Etheridge, NC Roy Blunt, MO Christopher John, LA Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, MS Jay W. Johnson, WI Bob Schaffer, CO Leonard L. Boswell, IA John R. Thune, SD William L. Jenkins, TN 8 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. THE FIRST TIME by Kathy Rutledge

EVERYBODY has them--first times--and remembering them can bring back a range WELCOME N EW M EMBERS !! of emotions, from terror to exhilaration, from simple pleasure to sweet nostalgia. Although first times seem to decrease in frequency as we get older, they can be a source of renewed wonder at the richness of life. JIM AND J O A NN A RNETT

RESEDA , CA After several years of showing cats in premiership and lurking in the shadows of my

breeder friends, I just helped a little Burmese queen through OUR first litter, and it DEBORAH B ULMER was an experience I will never forget. I would like to share with you what it was IDAHO F ALLS , ID like for me and hope that some of my experience brings back some warm memories

of your first time . . . LINDA E LKJER

LEBANON , OR On an auspicious November Saturday filled with first times, my little queen,

Austriana Aliera, went into heat (after some false signals), and my friend Dawn LUCY H ILLENBRAND Shiley called to invite me to observe the birth of a litter of Norwegian Forest Cats at ALTAMONT , NY her house. I got to Dawn‘s in time to see the birth of all but one of five kittens.

Dawn instructed me in mid-wifery and showed me the various items I would need to KELLY J OHNSON assist in my own kittening. That afternoon, I took Alie, who was by then behaving ALHAMBRA , CA like a little slut, to Erika Graf-Webster‘s A2 to breed. We put Alie with her

intended, and they mated with little fuss as I watched another first time (for both me PATRICIA K OON and Alie!!!). When I picked Alie up the next night, I was pretty sure we had some SEATTLE , WA kittens.

MARCELLE L AROCHELLE I read everything I could find and talked to anyone who would listen to my BEAUPORT , Q UEBEC , C ANADA questions, getting much advice and many tips from experienced breeders. I stayed

calm--until Day 62, when cold fear struck. I frantically reread my books and notes, DR. S USAN L ITTLE and made on-line contact with my wonderful first-time support group. My vet had OTTAWA , O NTARIO , C ANADA pronounced Alie very healthy and said we probably had four kittens. Most

experienced breeders I talked to had echoed my vet‘s assurance that Mother Nature LYNETTE M ASSOW was pretty good at this stuff and the odds were very much in my favor that Alie and MIDDLETOWN , CT I would survive this. I wasn‘t so sure.

MARGARET AND R AY S TEVENS Worried, I visited Alie every few minutes. Her companion was Willie, a sweet CAMPBELL , CA neuter who loves her dearly and is very protective of her; Willie loved the attention

he and Alie were getting, and he got very excited about the preparations. He tested

the nesting area, checked out the heating pads, examined the kittening kit, and reassured Alie. We waited. Alie played with feathers, ran around her room and jumped onto the cat tree, slept in the window, and seemed oblivious to everything.

That night something happened. There follows a transcript of my e-mails documenting in real time my trepidation and my excitement.

DAY 62

Subj: hi--kittens are coming, kittens are coming..... Date: 97-01-23 23:33:51 EST

At 10 o‘clock tonight, she passed her little plug, and she is resting on her heating pad. Dawn suggests that I stay home from work tomorrow....oh dear, oh dear.... Kathy

DAY 63

Subj: hi--kittens are coming, kittens are coming.... Date: 97-01-24 11:35:40 EST

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We‘re still waiting. Alie sat in my lap while I was going through my fanciers mail, and I felt the kittens moving...the kittening kit is ready to go and we are just waiting (The First Time - Continued) (and I am getting pretty excited--Alie seems kind of calm.) Kathy She started her contractions noticeably about 1:20 this afternoon, and before I Subj: hi--kittens are coming, kittens are coming.... could catch my breath, a kitten was Date 97-01-24 16:09:14 EST coming. Her first came at 2, the second at 2:30, the third at 2:37 (Boy, I was I have been trying very hard not to keep looking at poor little Alie‘s rear end every emotionally hopping, trying to keep my 10 minutes. She is now lying in her snap napper asleep--with Willie, who can hands out of all of this. . . . she didn‘t hardly wait to have his kittens! I have rearranged the contents of the kittening kit waste any time for a first-time Mom!). The several times, and brought in lots of stuff to do while I wait. I want to have these fourth, and apparently last, was delivered at kittens now, but Alie is still playing with feathers!! Is this any way for a serious 4:00. I haven‘t had a chance to sex them Mom to behave? yet, mostly because I am really wiped out Kathy and need a nap, but I am pretty sure we have at least one boy. They all have lovely DAY 64 round heads, and they are a beautiful soft mouse brown. Food coloring for marking Subj: hi--kittens are coming, kittens are coming. . . didn‘t seem to be too successful, and I Date: 97-01-25 13:24:28 EST couldn‘t find Gentian violet at our local drugstore, so I will have to work on this Oh gosh--CONTRACTIONS STARTED ABOUT 5 MINUTES AGO!!!!!! problem a little.

I don‘t see any sign of water--she has been in her snapper bed all morning and is All weigh 2.5 ounces except for number 3, clearly not interested in anything except what is going on in her body. She is licking which is closer to 2.0. Mom delivered and her hindquarters and moving around and lying down and getting up. Her little body ate portions of all four placentas, and she shudders--there is no question that these are contractions, and they are not little cut the cord herself on the last one. I did (from my inexperienced point of view). I have moved kitten kit stuff closer and the first three after waiting an appropriate have paper towels, sterile gauze pads, the Betadine, scissors (sterile and wrapped in time--she was just really too busy to take a paper towel), dental floss and thread, scales--gosh, what do I do with all this care of everything in the first 45 minutes. stuff!!!!! Everyone has found a tasty teat, and Mom is napping while the four little critters I am scared to death and hope I have read and talked enough about this so that it will suckle away. come to me. Cross your fingers for us. I‘ll post when there is something significant. Kathy Willie wanted desperately to be involved. He sat on the extra heating pad and Subj: Kitten update from nervous grandma watched with his eyes huge, but when he Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997, 13:57:32 EST walked into the birthing area, I had to expel him. . . I didn‘t want Alie to get the idea Alie is ensconced in her kittening bed. No sign of water but contractions seem to be that she could get Willie to help as pretty strong--her whole body moves. I am petting her and holding her paw--FIRST nursemaid--he might be wonderful at KITTEN JUST CAME OUT!!!--l:59 p.m. looks fine and is squeaking!!!bye!!! teaching them things later, but he certainly doesn‘t have milk, and that‘s all we need (Note--these typos are for real--I realized I was not going to be able to assist in the right now. . . birthing and do play-by-play--I quickly abandoned the reporting. What follows is when it was all over....) Well, phase one is over, and I guess I am now a breeder. . . Oh Gosh--I just can‘t Subj: HOORAY/WHEW/IT‘S DONE!!!! believe my eyes every time I look over at Date: 97-01-25 17:31:46 EST Alie--this is just wonderful!!!!! Kathy It is with indescribable pride and relief that I announce that Austriana Aliera of Tigerwings produced FOUR BEAUTIFUL kittens between 2 and 4 this afternoon. Now, my friends--can someone please tell Mom and kids are doing great and Grandma feels like she has run the Olympics and me how I will ever be able to place my needs lots of spaghetti to eat!!!!!! FIRST litter?????

(Advice anyone?!? - Ed.)

10 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. Flat Chestedness in Kittens

ALLERGIC TO CATS? The following is a report on the results of an investigation into flat chestedness in Burmese kittens carried out at the Feline Centre, Langford with From the Detroit Free Press, Jan 7, 1996: particular reference to the role of Taurine in the condition. People who sneeze, itch and get teary-eyed when they get near cats may get help from a Introduction : new vaccine. Researchers from Johns Hopkins Flat chested kittens (FCK) have been reported in most breeds of cat including University in Baltimore report success with a domestic short hairs (DSHs), however they are seen significantly more new immunotherapy that reduces symptoms frequently in Burmese kittens. A similar condition is also reported in Bengal faster and requires fewer injections than cats though its etiology and prognosis may be different. Two thoracic standard allergy shots. deformities are commonly encountered in kittens, Pectus Excavatum (funnel chest) and flat chest. On occasions both conditions are seen in the same kitten. Traditional allergy shots consist of mostly water and extracts of cat dander - the dead skin cells Pectus Excavatum: Occurs in many species including man where it can occur that trigger people's allergies. The new vaccine, as an autosomal dominant. In man there is a strong bias toward males. called Allervax cat, is made with specific Fourteen cases of pectus excavatum are reported in the veterinary literature, allergen parts called epitopes, which maximize eight of which were DSHs and seven of the eight were male kittens. In cats the immune systems allergy-fighting capability, pectus excavatum is sporadic and there is no evidence of a familial scientists said. inheritance.

Conventional treatment involves a series of Flat Chest: FCK's have a generally flat, not S-shaped sternum, the rib about 25 shots, followed by boosters every two deformities beginning more cranially (towards the head) creating a sharp weeks for months or even years to build angular deformity at the costochondral junction. A marked dip in the spine immunity. Allervax required only four doses to over the shoulder blades (thoracic kyphosis) is seen in about 30% of cases. reduce symptoms in a test group of 95 allergy The defect is not always present at birth and may develop during the first week sufferers. or two of life. If the kitten survives, the deformities usually become less noticeable beyond 3-4 months of age, although the kyphosis may remain. More studies are underway to determine what Several but rarely all kittens in a litter may be affected. dosage is best. Additional results are to be presented in February to the American Academy Mode of Inheritance : of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. The vaccine Several studies have been undertaken by the Burmese Cat Club (BCC) over would not be commercially available until at the past 15 years to try to establish the cause of flat chests. If flat chestedness least 1998, researchers reported. (From the is an inherited condition with a genetic basis then it would be related to the Medical Tribune) stud used, with a proportion of kittens in a litter affected. The conclusion of the studies strongly suggest that there is a genetic basis but the mode of inheritance is likely to be complex, possibly involving more than one gene, the expression of which may depend on other external factors. The studies showed that 7.7% of all Burmese litters have one or more FCKs. Overall this represents about 2-3% of all Burmese kittens born. The studies also suggested that a stud would have to have sired many FCK-free litters before it would be reasonable to conclude that he would be unlikely to carry FCK factor(s). Similarly, a queen would have to have several FCK-free litters to different studs before she could be similarly classified.

The data also suggests that the FCK factor(s) is widely spread in Burmese cats, perhaps being carried by 2/3rds of all cats. All conclusions from these studies depend on the accuracy of the answers given by the individual breeders. A great variety in the degree of deformity has been seen in different kittens, two FCK were only identified on close examination of the litter. This would tend to give the impression of a lower incidence of flat chests than actually occurs and may have placed some studs and queens in the wrong group in BCC studies. The variability in the degree of deformities again supports the argument that there are multiple factors governing the expression of flat chestedness. Despite these concerns, there is good evidence provided by these studies for the genetic basis of flat chests and that both stud and queen owners need to take responsibility for this condition.

(Continued on page 12) 11 (Flat Chested Kittens continued from page 11) Spring, 1997 There have been some suggestions of a correlation between flat chestedness and a number of other factors such as body type or the use of calcium supplements. The Rainbow Bridge However these links are tenuous, based on quite small groups and may in fact represent the result of attempts to prevent flat chests, e.g. by supplementing the Just this side of heaven is a place called queen during subsequent pregnancies. Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, Present Study : that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are In order to look more closely at the possible mechanisms involved in the meadows and hills for all of our special development of flat chestedness a study was designed by the Feline Centre at friends so they can run and play together. Langford in collaboration with the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition to look at There is plenty of food, water, and the possible role of Taurine in the development of the condition. Low Taurine intake sunshine, and our friends are warm and has been associated with the development of heart disease (dilated cardiomyopathy) comfortable. and blindness (central retinal degeneration) in cats. Taurine has been shown to play a vital role in the normal function of excitable tissue such as muscles and nerves. In All the animals who had been ill and old more recent studies, investigations have shown that feeding pregnant queens low are restored to health and vigor; those who levels of Taurine in their diet can affect their reproductive performance resulting in were hurt or maimed are made whole and spontaneous resorption, abortion and stillbirths. Surviving kittens tend to have lower strong again just as we remember them in body weights and poorer weight gain. A number of congenital deformities have been our dreams of days and times gone by. The described in kittens born to queens fed on low Taurine diets including an abnormal animals are happy and content, except for hind limb gait, poor muscle bulk and hydrocephalus. More significantly, from the one small thing; they miss someone very point of view of FCK's kittens may exhibit ventral curvature of the thoracic spine special to them, who had to be left behind. and dorsoventral flattening of the thoracic cavity. This deformity improved with time and was not apparent as adults. This description is remarkably similar to the They all run and play together, but the day description of FCK's and made the centre wonder whether Taurine was involved in comes when one suddenly stops and looks the etiology of FCK. Taurine has previously been implicated in a number of other into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; bred related problems in Burmese cats such as cardiomyopathy. his eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the Study Design : green grass, his legs carrying him faster Whole blood samples were obtained from both Burmese kittens and queens. The and faster. samples were snap frozen in liquid nitrogen to prevent alteration of the Taurine levels and sent to the WALTHAN Centre for analysis. Whole frozen blood was used You have been spotted, and when you and as it better represents whole body Taurine status than measurements of plasma your special friend finally meet, you cling Taurine levels. A questionnaire was designed to obtain information about queens' together in joyous reunion, never to be diet and previous reproductive history with particular reference to FCK's. Each parted again. The happy kisses rain upon kitten sampled was closely examined and the type and severity of the deformity your face, your hands again caress the described. A number of questionnaires were also completed from households where beloved pet, so long gone from your life it was not possible to obtain blood samples from the kittens and their dam. A few but never absent from your heart. non-Burmese kittens were also sampled to provide an age matched comparison as little data is available on whole blood Taurine levels in young kittens. Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together. Table 1 : Nbr Surveyed Nbr Blood Author Unknown Sampled Burmese Stud Cats 36 0 Burmese Queens 28 14 Non-Burmese Queens n/a 4 Burmese Litters 53 14 Burmese Kittens 283 59 Non-Burmese Kittens n/a 10 FCK's 63 17

Study Results : The questionnaire was primarily designed to obtain information of the queens and kittens, particularly FCK's. As such it does not represent a general survey of Burmese cats in the UK.

Stud Cats: Information on stud cats was provided only in relation to a particular queen's litter. 36 stud cats were used siring 53 litters. Of these, 7 studs (9 litters) had 12 (Continued on page 13) National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. (Flat Chested Kittens continued from page 12) sired no FCK's. Litter size averaged 5.3 kittens, normal for the breed. (Flat Chested Kittens continued from page 14) What Does This Mean ? Queens: 25 of the 28 queens in the survey had one of more FCKs, the remaining 3 Clearly FCKs are a major problem in the queens were all primiparous and could not therefore be classified as non-FCK Burmese breed and cases are appearing in breeders. For this reason, all data from Burmese queens are considered a single other related breeds (e.g. Tonkinese, group. The average age of the queens was 40 months. Diets fed to the queens and Bombay). As always it is up to the kittens were very variable and are illustrated in table 2 (by household rather than by individual breed society to make decisions individual queen). on potentially heritable problems. This article was written to highlight the problem, explain some of the on-going Table 2: work in the area and stimulate discussion. Major Component Exclusively Dry Food 95% 25% Wet Food 75% 5% Water 100% 55%

Major Component Fed at All Raw meat/eggs 5% 30% Fresh, cooked meat/eggs 10% 75% Scraps 0% 30% Milk/Evaporated Milk 0% 30% Gravy 0% 15%

The diet fed did not have a significant effect on the whole body Taurine levels of the queen. The use of various supplements was widespread, nearly 70% of queens being given some form of supplementation during pregnancy/lactation despite being fed a complete diet.

Table 3: No Calcium Vitamin/ Calcium & Supplement Mineral Vitamin/ Mineral % of Queens 32 21 32 14

Kittens : Of the 24 litters with FCKs 11 queens had previous litters with FCKs, 4 had no previous FCK's and for 9 queens, it was their first litter. Of the 46 FCKs where some history was available the most consistent feature (other than the chest deformity) was poor weight gain - seen in 75% of cases. Reduced activity was noted in about 1/3 rd of the kittens. A quarter of kittens has spinal deformities, 4 of 46 also had pectus excavatum. Other defects noted were swollen abdomen(2/46), heart defect(2/46) and splayed limbs (3/46). 26% of all kittens in FCK litters were flat chested, the survival rate of all kittens in these litters was 76%.

Flattening of the chest is rarely present at birth, the average age at which the kittens were recorded as flat chested was 9.5 days. Of the 17 FCK's blood sampled the majority (12) has mild to moderate thoracic deformities, 3 had transient changes and 2 were severely affected. The coat color of most kittens sampled was recorded, it is interesting to note that no FCKs had lilac coats (a double recessive color). Whole Blood Taurine Results : The normal range for whole blood Taurine (WBT) is considered to be between 200 and 600 umol/litre, whether this is also applicable to kittens is unclear as data for a normal range in this group is not available. The majority of Burmese queens (11/14) and all non Burmese queens (4/4) had WBT levels within this range compared to only 12/59 (20%) of Burmese kittens and (6/10) of non-Burmese kittens. Burmese (Continued on page 14) 13 (Flat Chested Kittens continued from page 13) Spring, 1997

kittens have significantly higher WBT levels than Burmese queens. The average The genetics of inheritance of flat chest is WBT level in FCKs is higher than that in non-FCKs, 789 umol/litre vs. 702 umol/ litre. WBT levels were not affected by the sex of the kitten or whether the kittens not known, however the possible variations had been weaned. A trend toward the gradual decline in Taurine levels with age in incidence with coat color may provide an was noted, but this was not significant. When blood Taurine levels in the kittens interesting insight. Further investigation is clearly required but a number of potential were compared to that of their dam less than 10% had Taurine levels lower than the queen. Taurine levels were more closely related to the queen's blood level when the problems do exist. kittens were still suckling. Advice to Breeders of Future Litters : i) Flat chestedness has a significant The results from the WBT studies were contrary to the initial expectations of reduced blood levels as occurred in kittens fed on low Taurine diets in studies in inherited component, our feeling is that the development of cardiomyopathy. In order to assess whether these elevated there are management or environmental factors than influence the expression of Taurine levels also occurred in the body tissue (particularly muscle) kittens which FCK gene(s), accounting for the had died or were euthanised, by the referring veterinary surgeons due to the severity of their flat chests were post-mortemed and tissue samples obtained. irregular occurrence in some queens. Tissue samples from kittens which died of other causes were used for comparison. ii) Both studs and queens contribute to flat chested syndrome. Heart muscle levels were remarkable consistent and lower than non-Burmese iii) It would be unwise to breed from known kittens, skeletal muscle levels were less consistent but higher than non-Burmese. Liver and kidney levels were similar to the quoted normal range FCK. iv) It would be impractical to advise not breeding from studs or queens that have Table 4 : Tissue Taurine results (umol/g net weight). ha FCKs as this would limit the gene Heart Muscle Liver Kidney Brain pool too much and risk swapping one FCK 8.37+/-0.58 11.43+/-2.18 7.57+/-2.7 7.03+/-1.38 9.57+/-1.59 inherited problem for another. v) Where possible known FCK producing

All queens should not be bred with known Burmese 8.41+/-0.54 11.1 +/-2.82 7.91+/-2.257.2 +/-1.62 9.83+/-1.59 FCK producing studs. vi) It is very tempting after having FCK in a litter to make changed to the queens Non Burmese 10.29+/-4.56 10.31 4.52+/-1.65 5.27+/-1.9 7.03+/-2.9 diet, supplementation or environment etc. before the next litter. There is no Normal 12.9 +/-4.7 9.36+/-3.46 9.37+/-3.956.58+/-1.97 3.88+/-11.7 evidence that this will be of any benefit and this could make the situation worse.

(Normal refers to previously reported tissue Taurine levels in new born kittens, vii) Regular weighing of kittens in litters notably by Sturman, J.A. Physiological Reviews 1993). that may be at risk will often allow early detection of flat chests (and other problems) leading to a more rapid Conclusions & Discussion: i) The majority of queens' WBT levels were within the reference range. treatment. ii) The majority of Burmese Kittens had WBT levels above the reference range.

This may in part be an age effect.

iii) Taurine levels are not significantly affected by age of kitten or weaning, iv) The poor weight gain seen in FCK is primarily due to inadequate nutritional What Should I Do with a FCK? intake. Significant disease is also present in some kittens. Nutritional support for moderately to v) From the analysis of diet and supplements no strong pattern seems to have severely affected FCK is important and emerged regarding food type or the feeding of supplements. vi) Flat chests appear less commonly in lilac kittens should begin early. However it is difficult to vii) Results from tissue Taurine analysis suggest lower heart muscle and higher achieve adequate amounts of food intake unless a stomach tube is used. No skeletal muscle Taurine levels than expected. treatments such as calcium supplements or Burmese kittens appear to have abnormal whole blood and tissue Taurine levels, vitamins have been shown to be effective in however, the significance of this in relationship to the development of flat chests in FCK. If the kitten is severely affected and distressed the majority will eventually die, unclear, though a number of studies have reported abnormally elevated Taurine level associated with muscular dystrophies in man, hamsters and chickens. The in which case euthanasia may be the best clinical appearance of FCKs, time of development and its very transient nature option. If they survive, most FCK have a (hours in some kittens) strongly implicate a defect in excitable tissue which could normal life expectancy and are happy cats - some have even been placed at shows! be consistent with abnormalities in Taurine metabolism or transportation. Unfortunately in living kittens this is a dynamic situation as Taurine moves in and out of muscle cells during muscular contraction and is affected by other factors, (Continued on page 13) potassium for example making investigation difficult. 14 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. The following kittens‘ and cats‘ finals from December, 1996 through January,

Acrocats Uptown Girl (sfk) Kawpaw‘s Juliette (ss) Anoka Merlin of Quartzkats (cm) Kawpaw‘s Murphy Brown of Nakodo (ss) Anoka Shady Lady (ss) Kawpaw‘s Raz Beary T (sfk) Anoka Skip the Kisses of Ansata (sn) Kawpaw‘s Romeo of Cameroncats (sm) Ansata Eyes a Fire (ss) Kawpaw‘s Tootsie Roll (sf)(ss) Apreshkat‘s Honey Bun of Intokatz (ss) Kel-Lin Blazer Girl of Charlicats (ss) Arecea‘s Brandi of Sylverose (sf) Kikori Proud Mary (sfk) Austriana Abigail Sue of Sojoy (sfk) Kitchin‘s Lyric of Chantalle (sfk)(sf) Austriana Coriolis (smk) Kit‘N Gems Sundance Kid (cm) Austriana Dianora (smf) Koro‘s Gloria Estefan (sf) Austriana Lavinia of Acrocats (sfk) Austriana Tanzia (sfk) Lagrip‘s Elke of Sablewood (ss) Austriana Terra Angela of Cheruburm (sfk) Laki‘s Angelica (pf) Laki‘s Melktila (pfk) Bo-Bengal‘s Jenny Anydot (ss) Laki‘s Vidalia (cfk) Braunhaar‘s Girl of the Golden West (ss) Libertycall‘s Bethela of Becarine (sf) Burch‘s John Henry (cm) Libertycall‘s Charley III (sn) Burmystic‘s Brown Taffy (sfk) Libertycall‘s Evangeline (ss) Burmystic‘s Brown Willow (sf) Libertycall‘s Pamina (sf) *Burmystic‘s Little Miss Muffet (ss) Libertycall‘s Samantha Li (sfk) Littlehill‘s Elfin (ss) Charm‘s Glory Glory Hallebeaurah (sfk) Charm‘s Miami Summer (sf) Mar-Chu Astrid (sfk) Charm‘s Rah Rah Boom Beau Rah (smk) Mar-Chu Buckskin of Cheruburm (sn) Chin Hills Molokai (sm) Mar-Chu Cressida (sf) Chin Hills Senna (ss) *Mar-Chu Eldorado of Tigerwings (sn) Chin Hills Su-Yin (ss) Mar-Chu Mercury II (cm) Chin Hills Toffee Candy (sf) Misan Delores Del Rio of Tinkatonks (sf) My-T-Luvs Sno Pea (pfk) Darcstarz Kaneka (sn) *Nakodo‘s Ba Ba Babear Ann (cf) Edens Pearls Calypso of Bo-Bengals (sfk) Nakodo‘s Kisu the Bear (cf) Edens Pearls Ming‘s Golden Delight (ss) Nakodo‘s Mercedes (cfk) El-Bo‘s Hermia (ss) Nakodo Sparkly Cristal of Cheruburm (cf) Nori‘s Chanel of LaGarre (pfk) Godivasweets Guylian (sf) Nori‘s Moxie (sf) Goldendragon Ch‘l of Quartzkats (cfk) Nori‘s Ragamuffin (sf) Gray Mark Silver Susie Q (bs) Nori‘s Silver Lady (ps) Nutcracker‘s No-Me (sfk) Hikoma‘s F-Victoria Nutcracker‘s Sneaky Pie Brown (sf)

Jaimi Ready to Wear (cfk) Okeydokey Braveheart (cmk) Jeske‘s Wild Card of Suncoast (cm) *Jeske‘s Spice of Privatdancer (ss) Quartzkats Blue Diamond (bfk) Jeske‘s Sweet Dreams (ss) Quartzkats Crystal (pfk) Quartzkats Show Girl (sf) Karibe Daniela of Acrocats (ss) Quartzkats Smokin‘ (sm) Karibe‘s Ling Ling of Hikoma (sf) Karibe‘s Maddux (sf) Ratatat‘s Cool Choice (sm) Karibe‘s McGriff (sm) Ratatat‘s Keebler of Shadowland (smk) Karibe‘s Mist Er Wisebud (smk) Roseclifcats Kahlua (cf) Karibe‘s Rebel w/A Cause of Darkstarz (smk) Roseclifcats Sunfire of Evita (pm) Karibe‘s Tora (ss) Kashmirian‘s House Brand (sfk) *Sangazure Jenny (ss) Kashmirian‘s Lord Locksley (sm) Sangazure Thetis (sf) Kawpaw Calamity Jane of Shere Khan (ss) Shakespurr Joddpurr (cn) Kawpaw Joey Vanderbear (sn) Shawnee Maitee Lee (sf) 15 Shere Khan‘s Dallas Cowgirl (sf) Spring, 1997 Sinjam‘s Coco Chanel (ss) Sinjam‘s Sweet Sambuca (pn) Windflower‘s Arizona of Shar-Jo (sm) Sojoy Gabriella Blossum (ss) Br: Carolyn Bullotta Sojoy Hannah Elizabeth (sfk) Ow: Sharon Garrity/Carolyn Bullotta Sojoy Sundance (smk) Starstrutter Silver Moon (pfk) Sultan‘s Pad Vincent (sm) Suncoast‘s Chardonnay (pfk) Sylverose‘s McDoogal Ye Leprechaun (cm)

Tangyi‘s R. L. Awesome Blossum (cfk) Tequi‘s Carmen (cf) Tiverton‘s Larkin‘ Sidley (pm)

Whyndgo‘s Sir Launcelot du Lake (pm) Wildwhisker‘s Bratster Brown (smk) Wildwhisker‘s Sassy Sable (ss) Windflower‘s Veronica Rose (sf) Windflower‘s Arizona of Sharjo (sm) Wisker Wuv‘s Charity Lyn (cfk) Wobegon‘s Angel with a Dirty Face (cfk) Wobegon‘s Casablanca (cf) Notice that the following cat achieved the status of Distinguished Merit has been received.

Congratulations to her breeders Notices of the following cats‘ Grand and owner! Championships and Grand Premierships for the period from November 1996 through December 1996 were taken from the CFA Almanac. Congratulations to Austriana Naiad, DM (sf) all of them, their breeders, and their Br: Mary Reich/Erika Graf-Webster owners! Ow: Erika Graf-Webster

Arecea‘s Brandi of Sylverose (sf) Br: Jeffrey/Debra Diehl KEY: Color is noted first: s = sable; c = Ow: Lorraine G./Walter Morse champagne; p = platinum; b = blue. Gender is noted next: f = female; m = male; s = spay; Burch‘s John Henry (cm) n = neuter. Finally, k = kitten. * = denotes Br/Ow: Rickey P. Burno that the cat or kitten was highest scoring in show in the competitive category in which Burmystic‘s Brown Willow (sf) she/he was shown. Br/Ow: Priscilla/Carl Eldridge

Kawpaw‘s Murphy Brown of Nakodo (ss) Br: Jerry/Toni Woolard Ow: Betty Christman/Alice Hidaka

Koro‘s Gloria Estefan (sf) Br: Judith A. Roberts--Lessee Ow: Judith A. Roberts

Laki‘s Angelica (pf) Br: Barbara A. Kish/Lynne Thomas C

Ow: Barbara A./Richard F. Kish F

Wildwhiskers Sassy Sable (ss) Br/Ow: Peggy M. Blackburn

16 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. Burmese Mating Color Chart

This chart is a bit more complicated . . . well, maybe not to YOU! But for these over 40 - something eyes . . . again with thanks to Darbie Marlin who refers to this chart as the —Single Table Chart.“

MATING P R O G E N Y

S S S S Bl Bl Ch Ch Pl Parent 1 Parent 2 (Bl) (Ch) (Bl) (Ch) (Bl)

S S All 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S S (Bl) 1/2 1/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S S (Ch) 1/2 0 1/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 S S (Bl) (Ch) 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 0 0 0 0 0 S Bl 0 All 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S Bl (Ch) 0 1/2 0 1/2 0 0 0 0 0 S Ch 0 0 All 0 0 0 0 0 0 S Ch (Bl) 0 0 1/2 1/2 0 0 0 0 0 S Pl 0 0 0 All 0 0 0 0 0 S (Bl) S (Bl) 1/4 1/2 0 0 1/4 0 0 0 0 S (Bl) S (Ch) 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 0 0 0 0 0 S (Bl) S (Bl) (Ch) 1/8 1/4 1/8 1/4 1/8 1/8 0 0 0 S (Bl) Bl 0 1/2 0 0 1/2 0 0 0 0 S (Bl) Bl (Ch) 0 1/4 0 1/4 1/4 1/4 0 0 0 S (Bl) Ch 0 0 1/2 1/2 0 0 0 0 0 S (Bl) Ch (Bl) 0 0 1/4 1/2 0 1/4 0 0 0 S (Bl) Pl 0 0 0 1/2 0 1/2 0 0 0 S (Ch) S (Ch) 1/4 0 1/2 0 0 0 1/4 0 0 S (Ch) S (Bl) (Ch) 1/8 1/8 1/4 1/4 0 0 1/8 1/8 0 S (Ch) Bl 0 1/2 0 1/2 0 0 0 0 0 S (Ch) Bl (Ch) 0 1/4 0 1/2 0 0 0 1/4 0 S (Ch) Ch 0 0 1/2 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 S (Ch) Ch (Bl) 0 0 1/4 1/4 0 0 1/4 1/4 0 S (Ch) Pl 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 0 1/2 0

17 Spring, 1997 MATING P R O G E N Y S S S S Bl Bl Ch Ch Pl Parent 1 Parent 2 (Bl) (Ch) (Bl) (Ch) (Bl) (CH) S (Bl) (Ch) S (Bl) (Ch) 1/16 1/8 0 1/4 1/16 1/8 1/16 1/8 1/16 S (Bl) (Ch) Bl 0 1/4 0 1/4 1/4 1/4 0 0 0 S (Bl) (Ch) Bl (Ch) 0 1/8 1/4 1/4 1/8 1/4 0 1/8 1/8 S (Bl) (Ch) Ch 0 0 1/8 1/4 0 0 1/4 1/4 0 S (Bl) (Ch) Ch (Bl) 0 0 0 1/4 0 1/8 1/8 1/4 1/8 S (Bl) (Ch) Pl 0 0 0 1/4 0 1/4 0 1/4 1/4 Bl Bl 0 0 0 0 All 0 0 0 0 Bl Bl (Ch) 0 0 0 0 1/2 1/2 0 0 0 Bl Ch 0 0 0 All 0 0 0 0 0 Bl Ch (Bl) 0 0 0 1/2 0 1/2 0 0 0 Bl Pl 0 0 0 0 0 All 0 0 0 Bl (Ch) Bl (Ch) 0 0 0 0 1/4 1/2 0 0 1/4 Bl (Ch) Ch 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 0 1/2 0 Bl (Ch) Ch (Bl) 0 0 0 1/4 0 1/4 0 1/4 1/4 Bl (Ch) Pl 0 0 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 1/2 Ch Ch 0 0 0 0 0 0 All 0 0 Ch Ch (Bl) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/2 1/2 0 Ch Pl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All 0 Ch (Bl) Ch (Bl) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/4 1/2 1/4 Ch (Bl) Pl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/2 1/2

S = Sable Pl Bl = Blue or Blue Sepia ChPl = Champagne or Chocolate0 Sepia0 (Bl)0 = Carrying 0Blue (Ch)0 = Carrying0 Champagne0 Pl 0= Platinum Allor Lilac

ANSWERS TO THE RIDDLES - (from the Winter Newsletter)

1. No. A Sable must have at least one Dark gene and at least one Black gene. 2. No. Neither parent has a Black gene to give the kittens. 3. No. Again, a Sable must have at least one Dark gene and at least one Black gene. Neither parent has a Dark gene to give the kittens. 4. Yes, if the blue is carrying champagne AND the champagne is carrying blue. 5. In the same way that "you can't prove a negative", until he actually sires a blue or platinum kitten, you can never know for sure. Statistically, he probably isn't carrying blue, but until he actually sires a blue or platinum, you won't know! There are two crosses where the odds are 1:4 for each of the colors: Sable carrying both Blue and Champagne crossed with Platinum, Champagne carrying Blue crossed with Blue carrying Champagne

18 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. each cat in your household. If you have to confine the cat(s) for a long period of time, have a carrier large enough to hold a shoe box sized litter box, a water/food dish, and room for the cat to comfortably lie down. Tips for Keeping Your Dog or Ensure the carrier is not left in the sun, and, if it is warm, that the cat gets Cat Safe During a Disaster good ventilation. If you must take the cat out, do so in a confined space as the cat may try to run away. In the event of a natural or man-made disaster, pets are NOT allowed inside emergency shelters • Start a buddy system with someone in your neighborhood so that for humans due to public health and safety they will check on your animals during disaster in case you aren't reasons. If you and your family need evacuation home. Agree to do the same for them. Exchange information on to a public shelter during a disaster, you must veterinarians and have a permission slip put in your file at the vets, have planned in advance for the care of your dog authorizing your buddy to get necessary emergency treatment for your and cat. Such planning could save your pets' life pet in case you can't be reached. and make yours easier. • Talk with your pets' "babysitter" about a disaster plan to be used to • Take several pictures of all the animals in evacuate and care for your animals in your absence. your household and keep these pictures with your important insurance papers • Comfort your pet during a disaster - they are frightened, too. Having (include vaccination records, too). Be sure you near to give them a hug will help. Do not force this - let them come to include in the pictures any distinguishing to you when they are ready. marks. These pictures can help reunite you with a lost pet. Store the pictures in a • resealable plastic bag in case you have to Continue to feed your pets the food they are used to and put it out as post them during rainy months. close to the normal time as possible. If you feed canned food, reduce the normal amount by half (supplement with dry food) to reduce the possibility of diarrhea. Be sure to provide your pets with fresh water at • Have at least a week's supply of pet food all times. and water on hand at all times. Store the dry food in air tight/waterproof containers. • If you use canned food, buy the flip top cans Know where the animal shelters are in your area. You may need to or have a can opener in your airtight disaster visit them after a disaster to look for a missing pet. Also call the National supply container. Keep some of your pet's Lost Pet Hotline, 1-900-535-1515 to report a lost pet. Call the National favorite treats on hand - they get stressed, Found Pet Hotline, 1-800-755-8111 to report a found animal. Check with too, and a treat provides them some comfort. local news media for facilities offering disaster animal rescue and relief. Also keep a supply of cat litter, a clean litter Also, you may call (800) 979-0241 and leave your phone number for scoop, and litter pan in your disaster kit. assistance.

PLANNING AHEAD COULD SAVE YOUR PETS' LIFE! • Put a collar and tag (with address and phone number) on your pets. This will increase your chances of reuniting you with your pets if they escape. If your dog rides in the car, always have a leash in the vehicle to be able to keep your dog safely controlled if you have to leave your car. A disaster may occur while you are away from home.

• Always keep a back-up supply of your pets' medications. A vet may not be open for some time following a disaster. Prepare to ice down medications that need to be refrigerated (ice is available from the Red Cross). Ask your vet is he/she has a disaster plan. Your pets may need medical attention after a disaster and you need to know where to take your animal. Keep a first aid kit in your disaster kit for your pet (check with your vet on what to include).

• Have a cat carrier or evacsack to evacuate

19 CFA Health Committee Spring, 1997 Feline Asthma Overheard on the Internet . . .

—Why cat show judges will go through everything they go through for $1 a cat plus expenses is beyond me. What else is in it for you judges?“

Hmmmmmmm . . . Let's see . . . the top 10 Feline Asthma reasons why judges like to judge . . .

by Jennifer Reding, CFA Health Committee 10. Facing the challenges of handling the cat Reviewed by Jane Johnson, DVM whose owner just brought it to the ring in a carrier . . . while wearing heavy leather Feline asthma is an immune-mediated disease characterized by symptoms gloves . . . ranging from infrequent, hairball-like coughing, to sudden onsets of respiratory distress (which veterinarians call "acute dyspnea"). Episodes are 9. For the soothing, calm feeling of waiting usually triggered by an allergen or stress, and can be accompanied/followed while the plane is in the de-icing line and by vomiting, sneezing, or even wheezing like a human allergy sufferer. wondering if we'll get there in time to make our Respiratory signs may be slow and deliberate (more abdominal breathing), connections to a city that has airline service once to fast and labored. a week . . .

True asthma, as opposed to bronchitis, normally responds quickly to a 8. Waiting for our paper work so we can leave combination of bronchodilators, oxygen therapy, and fast acting steroids. and not miss our ride to the airport to get home Diagnosis is usually confirmed with an xray, and possibly a slide cytology on Sunday night . . . of the airway. Because asthma can mimic other feline diseases (bronchitis, heart disease, pneumonia), a veterinary diagnosis assisted by an xray is 7. We all own stock in the company that makes essential. In many ways, feline asthma is very similar to human asthma, "Dr. Smith's Soothing Foot Balm" . . . although our understanding of the causes of clinical feline asthma has been growing in recent years. 6. Upper body development is our number one priority (go MC's) . . . Long-term treatment of asthma usually includes short or long-term use of corticosteroids (such as prednisone), and bronchodilators (such as 5. We love a challenge! Like maintaining poise terbutaline or aminophyline). While severe "episodes" of dyspnea can occur, and finishing on time when the show hall is only the long-term prognosis for this disease is generally excellent. If diagnosed 45F or 110F and there is a full entry . . . early, any structural changes to the lungs and airway are usually reversible, and damage can be minimized. 4. Reading about ourselves on "The List!" . . .

Recent investigation into alternative treatments for asthma include injectable 3. Figuring out what color this cat/kitten steroids (for that patient that simply can't be pilled), Cyproheptadine *really* is . . . (formally used as an appetite stimulant), Cyclosporin A (limited to severe cases), and Anti-Interleukin-5 Antibody (still experimental). 2. If we can't work a seven day week, life just ain't worth living! . . . Removing allergens from the environment (use of an air purifier, dust free and unscented litter, no odor controlling sprays, etc.) could possibly help to And, the number one reason that judges enjoy relieve symptoms. Veterinary diagnosis and treatment is always required. judging is

More information on asthma can be found in these publications: So we can travel all over the world to wash the same little table over and over again . . . ;^D 1 August, John ed. "Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine" [Bronchial Disease], W. B. Saunders Company, 1997; ppgs 303-309.

2 Padrid, Phillip. "New Strategies to Treat Feline Asthma", Veterinary Forum, October 1996; ppgs 46-50.

3 Pratt, Paul ed. "Feline Medicine" [Bronchial Asthma], American Veterinary Publication, Santa Barbara, CA 1983; ppgs 310-311

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[email protected] 25 Biotech's Pet Project: The Field Finds a Growth Spring, 1997 Market in Animal Health Care the product of biotech research, over the next By Kathleen Day decade 80 percent to 90 percent will be bioengineered. Wednesday, February 19 1997; Page D10 - The Washington Post The Food and Drug Administration, which in the animal arena regulates therapeutic drugs and diagnostic tests to detect drugs, has In an animal compound an hour's drive north of Denver, biologists at Heska Corp. approved just one biotech product -- a use dogs and cats to study potential new vaccines and therapeutic drugs to fight hormone from Monsanto Co. that induces cancer, allergies and other ills. But the animals are not just for testing. Instead, cows to produce more milk. household pets as well as hogs, chickens and other farm animals are the patients for which the drugs are meant. By contrast, the Department of Agriculture, which regulates animal vaccines and Heska is one of just a handful of the nation's 1,300 biotechnology firms diagnostics, has approved 59 biotech products specializing in animal health care, a $3.2 billion-a-year industry that, unlike the since 1979. Of those, 43 are diagnostics and $80 billion-a-year human pharmaceutical business, is only beginning to apply the rest are vaccines, said David Espeseth, genetic science to the discovery of new drugs. director of the Center for Veterinary Biologics for USDA's Animal Health Animal bioscience is taking off because of two trends: Sales of pet and farm Inspection Service. health care products are rising, while the cost of biotech research and development is falling. The market for animal drugs has grown 25 percent over the past three The first biotech-based diagnostic, approved years, a pace that has caught investors' attention. in 1979, was a test for feline leukemia. The first biotech-based vaccine, for preventing a Until now, investors have been reluctant to put money into biotech animal type of diarrhea in baby pigs, came three research because the market is smaller than the one for human drugs. Sales of a years later. Tests and vaccines followed for new, breakthrough drug for humans typically are $500 million, while for animals diarrhea in calves, rabies in raccoons and pigs they are $50 million, "yet the investment is the same," said Elizabeth Hodgkins, and neurological disease in chickens. vice president of marketing for Heska. From the agency's list of 99 vaccines awaiting "But people are beginning to understand that smaller products and smaller markets approval, 43 were created through biotech can be very profitable and that they can be grown," Hodgkins said. The market research, Espeseth said. some genetically forces behind animal and human drugs also differ. engineered vaccines have been an improvement over traditional ones because Sales of health care products to treat farm animals total more than $2 billion a they allow a farmer to use a diagnostic test to year in this country, representing 66 percent of the animal health care market. But distinguish between animals that seem sick farmers are reluctant to use new products unless they clearly save money. The $1 because they've been vaccinated and those billion pet segment is only 33 percent of the animal health care industry, but more that are truly sick. liberal spending by pet owners leads to fatter profit margins. Most animal biotech companies receive the Yet spending on animals still lags behind what humans will spend on their own bulk of their revenue from diagnostic tests medicines. "In veterinary medicine there will always be a segment of people who and a much smaller amount from vaccines. think there is an economic limit to what one should reasonably spend on an Biotech drugs to treat animal diseases will animal," said Synbiotics' Cohen. "After all, most people pay for veterinary come next, but because they also are the medicine out of pocket, in cash." costliest to develop, their introduction will be slower, executives say. Despite such limitations, animal health care spending is on the rise: Since 1994, the sale of farm animal health care products has gone up 18 percent. Spending on pets is even more impressive; sales rose 45 percent in that period. Until now, much of the genetic know-how used in animal products has been borrowed As in human biotech pharmaceuticals, the animal health care industry is made up from research on humans. Cohen at of several small companies and several giant ones, including the largest player, Synbiotics cites his company's ovulation kit, Merial Animal Health, a joint venture of Merck & Co. and Phone-Poulenc SA; which is used by animal breeders, and a pet and the second-largest, Pfizer Inc. pregnancy test still in development.

Though small companies such as Heska, founded nine years ago in Fort Collins, But as animal biotech gains momentum, Colo., to create vaccines against parasites in pets, have been applying headway in animal care could help spur the biotechnology for nearly a decade, the larger companies are relative newcomers. development of new therapies for humans. Alex Goudie, vice president of animal health research and development at Pfizer, (Continued on page 34) said the "real application of biotech" for animal products began five years ago at 26Pfizer. He said that while 5 percent of the company's animal vaccines today are National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. Providing Pedigrees with Descriptive Information THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE For Breeds NOT Related to Burmese (e. g., Breeds in Group 3 - see inset): BURMESE HEAD DEFORMITY STUDY • Provide standard CFA (or other The purpose of this guide is to lay out defect. If you would like additional Association) pedigree, preferably 5- the procedures by which an interested information about the study, please generation. For each cat on the breeder may participate in the study contact Dr. Lyons at the NCI at (301) pedigree, please give: being performed by the National 846-1299, or at home in the evening at Cancer Institute (NCI) to determine the (301) 898-0827. • Breed, if different from the breed genetic component of the of cranio-facial —head WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE? HOW TO the subject cat (the cat whose pedi- deformity“ which is PARTICIPATE gree this is); occurring in Burmese Participation in this study is • Color , if known; cats. The objective of invited from the following There are three levels of • this study is to identify breeder groups: participation: Hair Length , if known and different the genetic component of 1) All Burmese breeders, from the subject cat. this deformity so that it whether or not kittens A. Provide pedigrees For Burmese and Breeds Related to may be eliminated from with the head deformity with descriptive the Burmese breed. An information (see Burmese (Groups 1 and 2): have been born within the important side-effect of cattery; this includes instruction sheet A). • Provide pedigree information as this study is the breeders of “traditional” This only applies to above. In addition, number the cats significantly increased as well as breeders in groups 1 and understanding of the 2 (refer to inset). Three in the first three generations as “contemporary” North feline DNA structure and generation pedigrees are follows: American Burmese; the location of specific sufficient, if it is difficult genes on the DNA to obtain information on 1 = Subject cat (the cat whose pedi- strand; this will provide 2) Any breeder of the additional generations. gree this is) valuable input to the following “related” 2 = Sire understanding and breeds: B. Provide blood 3 = Dam further study of any • Bombay samples (see instruction 4 = Grand-sire on Sire‘s side genetic disease or • Tonkinese sheet B) plus pedigrees. 5 = Grand-dam on Sire‘s side malformation of the cat. • This applies to all 6 = Grand-sire on Dam‘s side Foreign Burmese breeder groups. 7 = Grand-dam on Dam‘s side BACKGROUND • Long-hair Burmese C. Provide samples of Cranio-facial deformities affected, deformed Example: 3) Breeders of the 4 have been observed in following breeds which kittens (euthanized, then the Burmese breed for have been identified as frozen; see instruction Grand-Sire well over 15 years. The sheet C), plus blood 2 having either very small genetic component(s) (“pure”) gene pools or samples, plus pedigrees. Sire 5 and cause of this very diverse,, varied gene This applies to breeders deformity are not well in groups 1 and 2. 1 Grand-Dam pools. These breeds understood. In 1993, would serve as “control” Subject 6 Burmese breeders You may select to Cat approached the Cat groups for the study. participate at any level Grand-Sire • American SH 3 Fanciers‘ Association that matches your level Robert H. Winn • Egyptian Mau of comfort and makes Dam Foundation to assist with sense in terms of the 7 establishing a study of breed with which you are Grand-Dam this problem. With joint funding from working. However, the higher your the breeders and the Winn Foundation, level of participation, the more a grant was issued in 1994 to Dr. Leslie information will be gained that is useful Also, number the kittens in the litter as Lyons of the NCI to pursue this study to the study. Any expenses you incur K1, K2, etc. Then fill out the table on via —DNA Typing.“ If successful, this in providing blood samples and/or the next page. DNA Typing study will identify the deformed fetuses will be reimbursed specific gene(s) responsible for the to you by the NCI at your request. Instruction Sheet A 27 Spring, 1997 Instruction Sheet A - Continued

Cat Identifier: Phenotype Relatives Known to have Produced the Defect (Check) No. Registration Number or (Give registration number or name if checked here but Short Name (check description that best not shown on pedigree) fits this cat - see head-type drawings, next page as reference) Ex- Mod- Elong- Had a Deformed Sire has produced Dam has treme erate ated Sibling deformity in other produced litters deformity in other litters 1

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29 Instruction Sheet B Spring, 1997 Instruction Sheet C - Providing Samples Providing Blood Samples of Deformed Kittens

1. How to prepare: 1. Obtaining Blood Samples If the kitten with the head deformity was born alive, Arrange with your veterinarian to have the samples taken. The euthanize it as soon as possible after birth and then place it blood sample tubes must contain an anti-coagulant, preferably in the freezer - ONLY FROZEN CADAVERS CAN BE EDTA or heparin. Dr. Lyons requires 15 - 20 ml of blood from SHIPPED. each adult (it may mean that the cat will need to be mildly sedated). A 5 - 8 pound cat can easily donate this amount of When you are ready to ship (it doesn‘t have to be done right blood. DO NOT TAKE BLOOD SAMPLES FROM away, so long as the kitten remains frozen), wrap the frozen PREGNANT OR NURSING CATS - wait until the kittens have kitten in a paper towel, place it in a baggy, and put it in an been weaned. insulated box with frozen packs (ask your veterinarian, or phone Dr. Lyons at the NCI for help if you don‘t have 2. Shipping the Samples to Dr. Lyons frozen packs).

Blood samples should be shipped overnight, Monday through 2. Notify Dr. Lyons Thursday, via —Next Day“ Federal Express service to: Call Dr. Lyons at 301-846-1299 (day) or 301-898-0827 Dr. Leslie Lyons (evenings) to let her know that the shipment is coming. She National Cancer Institute will provide you with NCI‘s Federal Express number, so the LVC, FCRDC shipment will not cost you anything. Building 560, Room 11-10 Frederick, MD 21702 3. Shipment

If you let Dr. Lyons know ahead of time, she will provide you Ship Monday through Thursday only, via —Next Day“ with NCI‘s Federal Express account number so that the shipping Federal Express service to: will not cost you any money. You can reach Dr. Lyons at: Dr. Leslie Lyons National Cancer Institute Phone: 301-846-1299 LVC, FCRDC E-mail: [email protected] Building 560, Room 11-10 Frederick, MD 21702 It is recommended that you ship only Monday through Thursday. However, if you can collect the blood sample only on 4. Pedigree a Friday, then you must ship the sample to Dr. Lyon‘s home for delivery. Call her at the office (number above), or at home, (301- Please provide the pedigree (see Instruction Sheet A) of the 898-0827), and she will provide you with the address. kitten. Send the pedigree to Dr. Lyons at the above address in a separate mailing. 3. Pedigree 5. Blood Samples Please provide the pedigree (see Instruction Sheet A) for any cat for which you are providing a blood sample. Be sure that the Please provide blood samples (see Instruction Sheet B) of name on the blood sample can be matched to the registered name the sire and dam and of both sets of grand-parents. Please shown on the pedigree. Send the pedigree to Dr. Lyons at the also provide blood samples of ALL SIBLINGS - this will above address in a separate mailing. have to wait until they are over 5 pounds so please keep track of where they are if they leave your cattery.

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possible to get them all, please provide samples from as many as possible. This —family“ will not be excluded from the study just because all the samples are not available.

30 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. VETMED CATALOG REFERENCE BURMESE BREED Rebecca Frech

RELATED PROJECT Alpine Pets - leather accessories...... 1-800-424-7463 ANImail...... 1-800-255-3723 From the Winn Feline Foundation: American Pet Supplies...... 1-800-255-0919 America's Pet Door Outlet...... 1-800-826-2871 IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC Anicare Supply...... 1-800-476-2642 MARKERS FOR AN INHERITED ASA Pet Supplies, Inc...... 1-800-465-5494 CRANIOFACIAL DEFORMITY Bass Kennel Equipment - Mike Henderson...... 1-800-798-0150 SYNDROME IN BURMESE CATS. Bloodline Vet Supply - (vaccination suppliers)...... 1-800-346-2675 (Continuation of a grant awarded in Breeders Edge...... 1-800-322-5500 1995.) To develop a genetic marker Care-A-Lot...... outside VA...1-800-343- for this simple recessive genetic defect 7680 ...... in VA...1-804-460- L. Lyons, PhD.; M. Menotti-Raymond, 9771 Cherrybrook...... 1-800-524- PhD.; S. J. O'Brien, PhD.; National 0820 Claws and Paws...... 1-800-274- Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD; PAWS Colorful Images - dog address labels, etc...... 1-800-458- $15,000. 7999 The Company Store...... 1-800-323- 8000 Custom Marketing...... 1-800-967- The investigator at the National Cancer PETS Davis Veterinary Products...... 1-800-292- Institute is continuing her investigation of 2424 Designs by Gary Beeber - stationery...... 1-800-543- the Burmese head defect. Over 250 3470 Discount Doctor...... 1-800-874-2233 samples from Burmese, Foreign Burmese, Discount Master...... 1-800-346-0749 Drs. other pedigreed cats, and random-bred Foster & Smith...... 1-800-826-7206 Dogs cats have been collected for the study. Weathervanes...... 1-800-635-5262 Dog Samples from 30 kittens with the Outfitters...... 1-800-FOR-DOGS Dog deformity have been acquired. A search Owners Guide...... 1-800-468-5867 Dogs of genetic material in these cats will be Unlimited...... 1-800-338-DOGS used to find a marker for the deformity Dynamite Spec. Prod. - distributors...... 1-800-551-0342 which has been confirmed to act in an Econo Vet...... 1-800-451-4162 autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. Evolution Healthy Pet Food - Vegan Kibble/dogs ...... 1-800-524-9697 No cats with the "more extreme" head Farmacy, Inc - kennel items...... 1-800-733-4981 type have proven clear of carrying the FLEAS? Never Again...... 1-800-658-6699 deformity. The hypothesis of an For Your Pet Only...... 1-800-544-5865 unaffected "more extreme" cat remains Goodwinol Products Corp...... 1-800-554-1080 and will not be abandoned. Samples from Ikon Outfitters...... 1-800-787-2788 Tonkinese, Bombays, and the siblings and Jeffers...... 1-800-JEFFERS J parents of deformed kittens need to be & J Dog Supplies...... 1-800-642-2050 J acquired. The investigator will attempt to & M Stuart Co - dog beds...... 1-800-467-2669 K. complete the collection of each D.I. Supply.- dog collars...... 1-800-442-5565 KC- participating breed (Burmese, Tonkinese, K9 Bakery, Inc - dog treats...... 1-800-4-TREATS KV Egyptian Mau, American Shorthair, Pet Supply...... 1-800-423-8211 Scottish Fold, and Bombay) by requesting Kimdamar, Inc. - (chews & chops)...... 1-800-254-9689 samples from breeders. Detection of a Lakeshore Artisans, Inc - (note paper, t-shirts, etc.)...... 1-800-662-3160 marker for the deformity will be Mail Order Pet Shop...... 1-800-366-7387 performed by standard laboratory analysis Morrill's New Direction...... 1-800-368-5057 and homozygous genetic maps. (Morrill's in Maine)...... 1-800-649-0744 New England Serum Co...... 1-800-NE-SERUM Omaha Vaccine...... 1-800-367-4444 The current status of funding available to Patio Pacific, Inc - pet doors...... 1-800-826-2871 complete the breeders portion of this Paw Pleasers...... 1-800-243-PAWS grant was unknown at the time of the Pedigrees-The Pet Catalog...... 1-800-437-8438 printing of this Newsletter. The Winn Pegasus Originals - needlework catalog...... 1-800-845-2427 Feline Foundation will be sending a letter Petdoors U.S.A...... 1-800-749-9609 to breed council members in the near Pet Warehouse...... 1-800-443-1160 future with the particulars around this Petco Products Inc...... 1-800-448-7734 point. Ed. Pet Works...... 1-800-356-3632 Phydeaux Enterprises - dog toys...... 1-800-733-2439

(Continued on page 32) 31 (VETMED Catalogs continued) Spring, 1997

QPI/QUAY USA...... 1-800-722-3647 WHATEVER HAPPENED Ray Allen Mfg.- working dog items...... 1-800-444-0404 Ray Allen Mfg-customer Service...... 1-719-380-0404 TO . . . ? Re-Viv-AL - vaccine suppliers...... 1-800-786-4751 Questions that Span the Ages . . . Rover Vinyl Tech - x-pens, gates, other vinyl items...... 1-800-658-5925 Rubber Stamp Ranch- (all breeds)...... 1-800-728-9762 Dear Editor; RC Steele Co...... 1-800-872-3773 Scott's Dog Supply...... 1-800-966-3647 What ever happened to the book, Star Pet Supply...... 1-800-274-6400 Burmese in North America that NABB Summit Pet Products...... 1-800-882-9401 or 1-302-217-0576 was sponsoring? Tongle Vet & Feed Sply...... 1-800-642-9116 Trophy Pet Care...... 1-800-336-7087 s/Wondering Twin City Pet...... 1-800-685-8277 Upco...... 1-800-254-8726 Valley Pet Supply...... 1-800-468-0059 Dear Wondering . . . Vet Express...... 1-800-458-7656 Well, it‘s been on hold and yet, between Wiese Vet Catalog- vaccine suppliers...... 1-800-869-4373 Newsletters, I do work on it bit by bit. Wholesale Vet Supply...... 1-800-435-6940 Originally, the plan was for the book to be Woodpeckers Dist - handles Christal's, Millers Forge...... 1-800-597-6342 completed sometime in 1997. So, there‘s End STILL time!!!!

In case you are new to NABB or have simply forgotten, the book was outlined as follows:

I. Introduction From the San Francisco Chronicle: II. Wong Mau and the Early Years - 1932-1940's Veterinarians at the San Francisco SPCA are giving a $10 bill to anyone who III. The Moratorium and the "Dark" brings in a cat or dog for spaying or neutering.. The Veterinarians usually charge Years - 1950's $35 for the surgery but are making the offer during the SPCA's annual Spay-athon IV. The Middle Years - 1960's to to "reduce the annual spring flood of kittens and puppies." 1970's V. The Revolutionary Years - The San Francisco SPCA takes the lead once again! 1970's to Present VI. The Cornerstone Burmese If you are —on the Net“ check out this extraordinary humane groups Home Page. VII. The Colors The address is: VIII. The Work That Remains http://www.sfspca.org/ IX. Pedigrees

In the meanwhile, I had never intended on authoring this book —on my own!“ This was to be a collaborative effort among the members of NABB. So, how about you, Wondering? Anything you can contribute Results of a contest for "theories" to the cause? Ready to write a chapter or part of a chapter?

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When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down.

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32 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. Plants and Your Cat List compiled by: Jeffrey D. Rakes Reprinted from PET Magazine's Cat CareGuide, Summer 1987

Plants add the needed finishing touches to any decor. But, if you have a feline, that Castor Bean Indian Tobacco Rhododendron beautiful plant could become a deadly Cherry (Pits of) Iris Rhubarb enemy. Cherry, most wild varieties Rosemary Pea Cherry, ground Rubber Plant Listed here are plants poisonous to cats Cherry, Laurel that must be avoided if there are Chinaberry Scotch Broom cats in your home. While in some cases, Christmas Rose Skunk Cabbage just parts of a plant (bark, leaves, Chrysanthemum Jack in the Pulpit Snowdrops seeds, berries, roots, tubers, spouts, green Clematis Java Beans Snow on the Mountain shells) might be poisonous, this list rules Coriaria Jessamine Staggerweed out the whole plant. If you must have any Cornflower Jerusalem Cherry Star of Bethlehem of them, keep them safely out of reach. Corydalis Jimson Weed Sweetpea Crocus, Autumn Jonquil Trumpets Should your feline friend eat part of a Crown of Thorns Tansy Mustard poisonous plant, rush the cat to your Cyclamen Lantana Tobacco veterinarian as soon as possible. If you Larkspur Tomato can, take the plant with you for ease D affodil Laurel Tulip of identification. Daphne Lily Tung Tree Datura Lily Spider Plants Poisonous to Cats: Deadly Nightshade Lily of the Valley Virginia Creeper Death Camas Locoweed Alfalfa Delphinium Lupine Water Hemlock Almond (Pits of) Decentrea Weeping Fig Alocasia Dieffengachia Marigold Wild Call Amaryllis Dumb Cane Marijuana Wisteria Apple Seeds Mescal Bean Apricot (Pits of) Eggplant Mistletoe Yews: Arrowgrass Elderberry Mock Orange American Yew Avacado Elephant Ear Monkshood English Yew Azalea English Ivy Moonseed Japanese Yew Euonymus Morning Glory Western Yew Baneberry Evergreen Mountain Laurel Bayonet Mushrooms Beargrass Ferns Beech Flax Narcissus Belladonna Four O'clock Nightshade Bird of Paradise Foxglove Bittersweet Oleander Black-eyed Susan Golden Chain Black Locust Golden Glow Peach (Pits of) Bleeding Heart Gopher Purge Peony Bloodroot Philodendron Bluebonnet Hellebore Periwinkle Box Hemlock, Poison Pimpernel Boxwood Hemlock, Water Poinciana Buckeyes Henbane Poinsettia Burning Bush Holly Poison Hemlock Buttercup Honeysuckle Poison Ivy Horsebeans Poison Oak Cactus, Candelabra Horsebrush Pokeweed Caladium Horse Chestnuts Poppy Hyacinth Potato Hydrangea Predatory Bean Privet, Common 33 Spring, 1997

(Animal Health Care continued from page 26) Should Your Cat Go Outdoors ? by: LYNNE THOMAS That's the hope of microbiologist Clinton

Jones, who works in a football field-sized A man called to inquire about adopting/purchasing a kitten from me. He and his one-story lab full of animals at the entire family were grieving over their beloved pet cat who had been recently been University of Nebraska. He is studying a killed by a car in front of their house. When I asked him why the cat was outside, herpes virus that causes cows to get sick he replied "well, we have a big back yard." Obviously, these people would not and lose weight, which costs the cattle qualify to have one of my kittens unless the untimely and avoidable death of their industry an estimated $500 million a year cat had taught them a lesson. If they would commit to keep any new cat safely in lost beef sales. indoors for its entire life, and sign my contract which makes this demand, then I

would consider them as prospective buyers (as long as they met all my other Jones, who gathers the virus from nerve criteria). Here are my reasons for my stand on this issue: endings in dead cows, is trying to identify

the gene that activates the virus when an ⇒ Cats that go outside have a three to five year life expectancy. You can expect animal is under stress. His progress could your indoor cat to live an average of thirteen to sixteen years. shed light on how herpes works in

⇒ humans. If your cats have your house as their territory, they are more bonded to you and make better, more loving pets. "There is a spillover effect," said Hodgkins, whose company, Heska, ⇒ Cats frequently get stolen and many are sold to laboratories for experimental introduced its first product, a heartworm use. A person once told me that she found a lovely Siamese cat on the street test for cats, in September, and a second, a and she liked the cat and so she just took her home (and kept her inside, I pet respiratory vaccine administered by might add). drops in the eyes and nose, last month. "That should only grow as more products ⇒ Cats get hit by cars, injured by other animals, tortured by sickos, lost, are developed." Two out of every three poisoned, locked in sheds or garages. dollars spent on animal health care are for livestock. ⇒ Your cat might get bitten by another cat with feline leukemia (felv.), Feline infectious peritonitis (F.I.P.) Or feline immuno-deficiency virus (F.I.V.). If • Animal health care products: this happens, you will likely lose your kitty to a horrible viral disease even if

you have had her vaccinated. DOLLARS SPENT, 1996

Farm animals: $2.11 billion ⇒ Your cat will probably bring home fleas. Cats get tapeworm from fleas. Once Pets: $1.05 billion your home is infested with these pests, their eggs can take up to two years to SOURCE: Animal Health Institute hatch. Your cat can get many other parasites and illnesses from contact with outdoor animals, including ringworm which is a fungal skin infection that • humans can get. Estimated number of these animals in the United States : ⇒ You don't let your children play on the highway. Why should you send your cats outside to face all of these perils? If you take your cat out on a harness IN MILLIONS and leash, you are not protecting her and not doing her a favor. I have never Cattle 100 met a cat who could not wriggle out of one of these contraptions and... Bye Hogs 80 bye kitty. Cats 59 Dogs 54 ⇒ Also, someday someone will come to your door and inadvertently let the cat Dairy cows 10 out, not realizing that it's not allowed out unescorted and... Bye bye kitty. SOURCE: AgBiotech Stock Letter, This happened to a man who called me after his precious Abyssinian bolted Biotechnology Industry Organization out and into the road and into the path of an oncoming car. He described his . horror as he watched his 'best buddy' die in an instant. The distraught gentleman is sure that if he had not allowed the cat out on a leash, the cat would not have run outside.

Truthfully, my cats have never gone out and they never even try. I have sold many kittens over the years to be strictly kept indoors and I can only think of two who have been front door bolters ( one of them belongs to my vet ). This is only one of many cat-related issues that I am fanatical about. Please keep your beloved cat safe and inside and on your lap. 34 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. Burmese are exceptionally social, playful and lively. The special personality and NABB Brochure Rewrite - DRAFT attitude of the Burmese cat is something that all breeders put first in their breeding programs. A peel oriented cat, the Burmese is a true lap-loving companion, quick to learn and extremely loyal. They are very trusting of people and often beat their owners to the The Burmese Breed Brochures are gone and so, door to greet the guests. Burmese are often described as —dog-like“ because they tend to we are taking this opportunity to update and revise follow their owners from room to room. the content. Here is the proposed revision. Please complete the insert with your comments and Although Burmese are an oriental breed, they are not as vocal as the Siamese or suggestions and return it in the enclosed Oriental Long and Shorthaired. They will talk to their human companions with their envelope by May 15, 1997. The goal is to have soulful, expressive eyes. Unlike some cats that —demand“ all that you have, the Burmese the new brochures available at the June, 1997 will —con“ you out of everything you own. A Burmese cat will steal your heart and NABB Annual meeting. The photo on the front of convince you that you meant to give it all along. will be of CFA‘s 1996-97 Best Burmese. DESCRIPTION BACKGROUND INFORMATION The ideal Burmese is —a cat of medium size, with substantial bone structure, good Often referred to as an —established“ breed, the muscular development and surprising weight for it‘s size. This, together with a rounded Burmese cat‘s history in North America dates back head, expressive eyes and a sweet disposition, presents a totally distinct cat which is to the early 1930‘s when Joseph C. Thompson of comparable to no other breed.“ 1 The large, round eyes are gold to yellow and the coat is San Francisco brought the first burmese-gene fine, glossy, short and satin-like in texture. carrying cat into the United States. The lovely walnut colored cat was named Wong Mau and she While there are many colors of Burmese recognized around the world, The Cat was to become the —mother“ of the Burmese breed Fanciers‘ Association, Inc. recognizes only four: on the North American Continent. sable: —the mature specimen is a rich, warm, sable brown; shading almost Siamese cats were used in the early breedings imperceptibly to a slightly lighter hue on the underparts but otherwise to Wong Mau to establish the presence of a gene without shadings, barring or markings of any kind.“ 1 that Dr. Thompson and his breeder friends thought this unusual cat might be carrying. It was through champagne: this color —should be a warm honey beige, shading to a pale gold tan these breedings that Wong Mau was discovered to underside.“ 1 be a hybrid. She was, in fact, a Burmese/Siamese cross. blue: —the mature specimen should be medium blue with warm fawn undertones.“ 1 Dr. Thompson along with other well known Siamese breeders Virginia Cobb and Billie Gerst platinum: this color is described as —a pale, silvery gray with pale fawn and geneticist, Dr. Clyde E. Keeler, developed a undertones.“ 1 breeding program to identify, isolate and study the genetic characteristics of Wong Mau . This first The warm, rich sable color is the predominant and most popular color, the remaining article ever published on the genetics of colors are becoming more accepted and sought after. domesticated feline was the result of this early breeding experiment. Through their work, these 1 Cat Fanciers‘ Association, Inc.; —CFA Show Standards“ May 1, investigators identified the burmese-gene , another 1996. gene in the albino series (of which the siamese- gene is also a member). FINDING YOUR BURMESE PET

As a result of this pioneering work, the We recommend that you purchase your Burmese kitten or cat from a breeder. If Burmese Breed was founded and established as possible, it is best to visit the breeder‘s home and observe the kittens and cats in their another jewel in the crown of the Cat Fancy. home environment. Take notice of the breeder‘s facility. While breeders differ in their Soon, it would become apparent that the Burmese philosophies regarding care and management of cats and kittens, the area used to raise the was a breed that was unlike any other. A cat that animals should be clean, light and not crowded. would win the hearts and grace the hearths and homes of thousands. The kittens and cats should be curious, playful, full of life and easily handled. Their eyes and noses should be free of matter and there should be no repeated sneezing. Ask to PERSONALITY see the kittens‘ mother (and father if it is not too inconvenient). They should appear to be as healthy as the kittens. —I can‘t have a cat! My husband (wife, mother, father, roommate, etc.) can‘t stand cats!“ Often, breeders will have kittens and cats available for placement at shows. Kittens Obviously people such as these have not yet fallen will be somewhat older (4 months) but Burmese tend to be playful and kitten-like well under the spell of a Burmese. Nearly every into their older years. Burmese owner and breeder will tell you that all you have to do is take one Burmese kitten or cat Select a kitten or cat that appeals to you personally. An expression, a playful habit or home and everyone - yes, everyone - who comes sometimes a muted squeak will help you make a choice. Frequently, a kitten will pick in contact with this delightful creature will become you . . . not a bad way to start a life-time relationship. an instant convert. Many a dyed-in-the-wool —cat hater“ has become a cat loving enthusiast as the PURCHASING YOUR PET result of an experience with a Burmese cat. (Continued on page 36)35 (Continued from page 35) Spring, 1997 Pet quality Burmese (those judged by the breeder not to be show or breeder quality), command prices between $300 to $600 dollars depending on the geographic WHAT I NEED FROM YOU location. While that may seem like a lot of money, consider the cost in light of the following: Please return the half sheet in the enclosed envelope with your feedback on this proposed • The breeder should guarantee the health of the kitten or cat for a reasonable draft. Besides general content, please pay length of time. particular attention to the pricing and neuter/spay information. All suggestions will be considered • The kitten should have had at least one vaccination - generally given by eight and incorporated into the brochure where weeks. A booster will be due at about 12 weeks. Breeders vary in their appropriate. vaccination programs so, be sure to ask. Please return your comments by May 15, 1997 • The kitten or cat should be guaranteed to be free of Feline Leukemia virus. and Thank You!

• The breeder should provide you with a three-generation pedigree.

• The breeder should provide registration papers once your kitten has been altered. In some cases today, breeders are taking advantage of —early neuter - spay“ and placing 12-16 week old kittens that have already been altered. In those cases, the registration papers should be provided at the time of purchase.

• The breeder should offer to be available for problem solving and questions during the adjustment period.

CARING FOR YOUR BURMESE PET

Most breeders have their own approaches to the feeding and care of Burmese. Many will provide you with complete instructions on do‘s and don‘ts. There are, however, several generic guidelines to keep in mind:

• Do not provide milk for your kitten or cat as their digestive systems cannot tolerate the lactose in cow‘s milk.

• Do provide plenty of fresh water in a clean bowl.

• Always have a clean litter tray available with fresh litter. Remove the solid material as often as necessary and clean the pan at least weekly.

• Although most Burmese will want to sleep with you (under the covers of course), you may wish to provide a bed for your pet. Wash the bed weekly to Celebrate your Cat‘s Grand keep it clean and fresh. Championship or Grand Premiership by submitting • Carpeted scratching posts should be available for exercise and scratching his/her pedigree for alternatives. publication in the Newsletter! Send it to Lorraine Morse - • The breeder should be able to recommend a knowledgeable veterinarian in your 1500 Baltimore Drive, area. If not, look for a small animal vet who has experience with pedigreed Richardson, TX 75081 animals.

ENJOY

Your Burmese kitten or cat will keep you entertained for hours at a time. These loving creatures will win your affection for years to come. Many families return to a breeder for a second and third kitten or cat.

NABB The National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. is CFA‘s only National Burmese Breed Club. Our members are ready to help you with questions and inquiries about Burmese pets. For further information contact:

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Candidates for Directors-at-

Large HOW TO GIVE YOUR CAT A PILL CFA Board of Directors 1 Grasp cat firmly in your arms. Cradle its head on your elbow, just as if The following are candidates for the seven you were giving baby a bottle. Coo confidently, "Thats a nice kitty." positions of Director-at-Large for the CFA Board Drop pill into his/her mouth. of Directors: 2 Retrieve cat from top of lamp and pill from under sofa. Barnaby, Stan Bradshaw, Bob 3 Follow same procedure as in Step 1, but this time, hold the cat's front DeGeer, Ande paws down with left hand and back paws down with elbow of right DelaBar, Pam* arm. Poke pill into his/her mouth with right forefinger. Doernberg, Diana* Grimm, Jean 4 Retrieve cat from under bed. Get new pill from bottle. (Resist impulse Hannon, Mark* to get new cat.) McCullough, Steve Miller, Joan* 5 Again proceed as in 1, except when you have cat firmly cradled in Moser, Brian bottle-feeding position, sit down on edge of chair, fold your torso over Peterson, Michael cat, bring your right hand over your left elbow, open cat's mouth by Petty, Dan lifting the upper jaw and pop the pill in - quickly. Since your head is Search, Lynn down by your knees, you won't be able to see what you're doing. That's Thompson, Donna Jean* just as well. Thompson, Will White, Betty 6 Leave cat hanging on drapes. Leave pill in your hair. William's, Don* 7 If you're a woman, have a good cry. If you're a man, have a good cry. Those with asterisks following their names are incumbents. Barnaby, Bradshaw, Peterson and W. 8 Now pull yourself together. Who's the boss here anyway? Retrieve cat Thompson have served on the Board in the past. and pill. Assuming position 1, say sternly, "Who's the boss here, Of the 17 candidates, 13 are CFA judges . . . anyway?" Open cat's mouth, take pill and...Oooops!

9 This isn't working, is it? Collapse and think. Aha! Those flashing claws are causing the chaos.

10 Crawl to linen closet. Drag back large beach towel. Spread towel on floor.

11 Retrieve cat from kitchen counter and pill from potted plant. Interested in reporting the Burmese news from 12 Spread cat on towel near one end with its head over long edge. your region? Just drop me a note and let me 13 Flatten cat's front and back legs over its stomach. (Resist impulse to know! flatten cat.)

Pat Jacobberger 14 Roll cat in towel. Work fast; time and tabbies wait for no man - or 2701 Overlook Drive woman. Bloomington, MN 55431 15 Resume position 1. Rotate your left hand to cat's head. Press its mouth at the jaw hinges like opening the petals of a snapdragon. C‘mon - Get Involved! It doesn‘t hurt - 16 Drop pill into cat's mouth and poke gently. Voila! It's done. guaranteed! 17 Vacuum up loose fur (cat's). Apply bandages to wounds (yours).

18 Take two aspirins and lie down.

37 The National Alliance of Burmese Breeders (NABB) is a club affiliated with the Cat Fanciers Association (CFA) with the objective of furthering the status, health and well-being of the pedigreed Burmese cat. The Constitution of the club defines two classes of membership for persons with specific interests in the Burmese breed:

1. Full member – an individual who has either • bred and registered with CFA at least one litter of Burmese, or • has shown a Burmese cat in a CFA show. Full Members have full voting privileges, and may hold any office.

2. Associate Member – an individual who is interested in the objectives of NABB, but has not bred a litter of Burmese or shown a Burmese cat in a CFA show. Associate Members do not have voting privileges.

***EITHER CLASS OF MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NABB NEWSLETTER***

______Name

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______I hereby apply for membership in City/State or Country /Zip or Postal Code the National Alliance of Burmese Breeders. ______Phone

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I qualify as a Full Member, and am including a copy of a CFA Burmese litter registration, or a copy of a page from a show catalog, demonstrating that I have shown one of my Burmese in a CFA show. My Cattery name is: ______

Membership fee is $15 US for individual or $20 US for family.

Additional persons in my household included within the family membership are ______, ______Name Name

I wish to join as an Associate Member. Membership fee is $10 US.

Enclosed is $15 US for postage for mailings outside the USA and North America.

Please send completed form and fee to: National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. Michele Clark, Secretary 1435 North Allen Avenue Pasadena CA 91104 38 National Alliance of Burmese Breeders, Inc. NABB BULLETIN BOARD

REGIONAL S O, YOU COORDINATORS R BEA SOUGHT CELE UTIFU BRATE L BU ! SEN RM GR D A C ANDE Energetic, lively PED OPY O D! IGRE F HIS/ people needed to LOR E TO HER RAINE report on the 1500 B MOR ALTIM SE activities related to RICH ORE D ARDSO RIVE Burmese in their N, TX 75081 Regions.

Have fun, meet people, participate WANTED: ORIGINAL ARTICLES FOR THE in NABB! NABB NEWSLETTER - We are looking for interesting, original articles about Burmese, health issues and any other cat related subjects. This is your chance to be published. Send in your stuff to MICHELE CLARK!

BA LLOTS ARE C OMIN AN G FOR D CFA NAB DIRE B DIRE TAKE CTOR CTOR THE S-AT-L -AT-L TIME ARGE ARGE YOUR TO HA . BALL VE YO OT AN UR V A D RE OICE H LSO, T TURN EARD AKE S IT RIG ! MA PECIA HT AW RK L NOT AY!! E OF ON P THE E AGE 2 LECTI !! ON NO TICE IS YOUR CAT IN THE RUNNING FOR A NATIONAL AWARD FOR THE 1996-97 CFA SHOW SEASON? SOON TO BE AVAILABLE . . . NOW‘S THE TIME TO SEND A COLOR NEW BURMESE BREED BROCHURES FOR NABB PHOTOGRAPH TO PAT JACOBBERGER MEMBERS!! FOR INCLUSION IN THE NABB NEWSLETTERS AND FOR THE BURMESE IN THIS ISSUE - THE DRAFT OF THE REVISION. BREED BOOTH! RETURN THE FEEDBACK SLIP BY MAY 15, 1997!

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nterested in holding and managing a NABB show in your Think that your kitty is area in 1997 or 1998? You ARE?? Great - contact a NABB going to Officer and let someone know! We‘ll help you out with receive a people and resources. C‘mon . . . it‘ll be FUN! NABB award?

Want to share that honor OU with the 7. IF Y 31, 199 . IF breeder or UARY SSIBLE Y JAN AS PO E former owner DUE B OON ILL B by ordering an ERE H AS S HIS W ALS W REIC 997 T extra rosette? ENEW UCK Y 31, 1 IP R O CH Y MA BERSH M IN T AID B R!! MEM THE EN P ETTE Let Toni , SEND OT BE EWSL RGOT AVE N AST N Woolard and FO UES H UR L TH UR D YO INGS Alice YO TO D • O Hidaka pick know . . . • up c g at foo they have et lit d • ter volunteered to Se ONCE AGAIN, THE 1997 ANNUAL NABB nd do the awards du NA MEETING AND BURMESE BREED es BB for the 1996-97 Chu in • ck - N to show season. COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD IN pic OW • k up laund CONJUNCTION WITH ONE ANOTHER! send ry Do it early! my pho ca Do it now!! to in t‘s N for A the DATE: Saturday, June 28, 1997 news B • letter B Pa TIME: Breed Council at 12:00 and NABB • ck fo r Ann enter ual to follow at 1:00 PM my cat s loc PLACE: The Registry Resort - Naples, FL • how al clean • catte ESE fin ry URM ish B HE Z proje E T oo ct a AR ALL • t OF get EST T! e- m B RES ail of HE f the T UR YO ACK THE B AT EED W!! HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR BREED BR SHO EXT COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP? N

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Sir Charles Jordan II

Born may 1, 1995, Sir Charles Jordan II is owned by Joy and Bob Jordan of Spokane, WA. He is a popular visitor at one of the local nursing homes, where he is normally sweet and docile, but he plays fetch like a demon!

43 1995-96 CFA Best Dilute Burmese GC, RW Arecea Kokopelli Champagne Male B/O: Debbie & Jeff Diehl

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REGARDING: The NABB, Inc Breed Brochure

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