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Originally Posted by gemy  To my mind basic screenings are those that are required by the breed club and beyond that as well. HD AND ED OFA' d xrays and cost to post results were about $250 which included a nominal fee to have them evaluated by OFA and posted. CERF testing for PRA and cataracts is $15 to post and at a show sponsored health clinic about $60 to do. Doing private PRA testing with a board certified opthamologist is about $180 here in TO. BAT testing is relatively cheap I think about $60. Thyroid testing I paid about $150.
Heart Doppler testing about $100 or so dollars. Brucellosis testing is $250 here. Basic full blood screen $100. I don't do BAER as my breeds do not have a genetic predisposition for hearing problems. By my rough math we are already at almost $900 or so dollars. Then there are other tests, hyperuricosuria genetic testing $65. I've not done the color test at this point so I don't know that $$.
So I disagree in that to do the proper screenings it is not cheap at all! |
"Cheap...comparatively to the cost of mishap..."
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I did exclude OFA abd cerf chic and they are (correct me if wrong) annual and I know some breeders do it but are also concerned about the potential long term genetic effects of continual x-rays.
I don't know why but I do notice a difference between certification health tests I see from mini schnauzer breeders abd Yorkie breeders I assume its selective to breed issues.
The color gene testing is mainly utalized by say parti breeders etcs in carrier determination before pairing matings.