Wheaten Health News 2006-2013
Wheaten HealthNews was published 2006-2013 by the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of America as a standalone periodical focussed on wheaten health issues. Beginning in 2014, it became a section of Benchmarks.
Archived Issues
Update on DNA Marker Testing • Prevalence Of Variant Alleles Associated With PLN • Treatment of Urinary Incontinence • Oxidative Stress in Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia • Canine Osteosarcoma & IBD Advance Treatment Options • Clinical Trial for IBD Seeks Participants • Diagnosing Pancreatitis Before It’s Too Late • Acute Kidney Injury • Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis • 2012 Protocol for Minimal Use of Vaccines •
DNA Bank Report • Geriatric Dog Report • Informative Family Report • Open Registry Report • Comparative Cytogenics of Cancer • Bone Cancer • Canine Arthiritis • Salmonella • Cardiomyopathy • FDA Caution on Chicken Jerky • SCWTCA Conformation Assessment Program (CAP) • 9/11 Search & Rescue Dogs – 10 Years Later •
OR & DNA Bank at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine • Pet Testing Protocol In Tough Financial Times • 1st Kidney Biopsy Donor • Degenerative Myelopathy Research • Unnamed Movement Disorder • Intestinal Permeability Trial Study • Veterinarian’s Oath Revised by AVMA to Emphasize Animal Welfare • Stem Cells Help Marine Dog Walk Again •
AKC CHF Parent Club Canine Health Conference 2009 • Colony Dog Raffle • Pet Testing Protocol In Tough Financial Times • IBD Research • Good News & The Bad News About The Canine Phenome Project • Soy May Aid in Treating Canine Cancers • Dogs & Humans Work to Find Cure for Brain Cancer • Increased Restrictions on Flea & Tick Products • Allergy Research •
SCWTCA Endowment – Armetale Trivet • SCWT Lifetime Health Study • Shari Carusi’s Wheaten Pet Grooming DVD • Learning from the Colony Dogs • Littman Recommendations – Dog Flu Vaccine • Atopy Diagnosis & Treatment • Dog Judging & Xrays • First Anti-Cancer Drug Specific to Dogs •
SCWTCA Endowment – Armetale Trivet • DNA Research Project Comparison • Penn SCWT DNA Bank • Degenerative Myelopathy • Hemangiosarcoma • Mandatory Spay/Neuter? • Hereditary Eye Disease • SCWTCA Health Committee Reports • Ectopic Ureters • Taking The Bite Out Of Bad Breath • Ask The Researcher – What About PennHIP? •
Canine Phenome Project (CPP) – One Year Later • DNA Bank & Sibling Pairs Study • NIH SCWT Lifetime Study • Geriatric Dog Report • Meet Dr Littman’s Vet Student Assssistants • FDA’s New Public-Access Database of Animal Drug Approvals • FDA Cautions about Chicken Jerky Products • AKC/CHF Genome Barks Podcasts • Hermaphrodites • Changing Vaccine Protocols • Urinary Tract Infections • Winterize Your Senior Wheaten • The Aging Dog • Madison’s Bench •
Texas A&M PLE Study • Royal Veterinary College panCa Research • DNA BLood Drives • Minnesota Kidney CLinic • Sibling Pairs Study & CPP DNA Bank • NIH Proposal • Heat Exhaustion • Dogs Can Sunburn • Beth Babos Pendant Fundraiser • When To Spay Neuter • An Evolved Strain of ParvoVirus • Feeding a Dog with Kidney Disease • Shari Boyd Carusi’s Pet Grooming DVD •
Genes that Cause Disease • AKC Breeder’s Symposium • Genetic vs. Congenital Traits • CPP DNA Blood Drives • SCWT Canine Phenome Project FAQs • SCWTCA and the SCWTCA Endowment • The SCWT Heritage Society • Parent Club Health Conference • Liz Hansen • Death Risk & Veterinary Care In Sweden • Morris Animal Foundation Studies • Genetic Treatments for Cancer • Texas A&M PLE Study Update • Low-cost ACE Inhibitor Drugs Available • OFA VPI Requirement & Fee Increase for 2008 •
Breeders’ Challenge • In Dogs, A Shortcut To Mapping Disease Genes • DNA Bank • Denver’s DNA Clinic • Organizing DNA Collection Clinics • AKCCHF Parent Club Canine Health Conference • Canine Cancer Treatment • Genetic Testing & Counseling • Q&A with Dr Meryl Littman on Geriatric Dogs & Informative Families • Hypothyroidism & Canine Behavior • Behavioral Assessment • OFA VPI Requirement & Fee Increase •
AKC Veterinary Scholarship • Colony Dog Report • pANCA News from UK • Meryl Littman DVM in the UK • OFA Preliminary Policy • Dealing with Canine Aggression • Lyme Test Positive .. Now What? • Lyme Disease • DNA Collection Clinic at MCKC 2007 • MCKC 2007 Education: Genetics & Cancer in Canines • Canine Phenome Project: SCWT DNA Bank UPDATE • Continuing Education Corner •
Geriatric Dogs & Informative Families Yield New Information • The Colony Dogs • Texas A&M PLE Project • Canine Phenome Project: SCWT DNA Bank • DNA: Blood Sample Or Cheek Swab? • Watchdog Health Tracker 2.0 • The Open Registry • Postmortem Recommendations • 2006 OFA Statistics • Reducing The Impact Of Hip Dysplasia • Lyme Disease • New Questions About The Leptospira Vaccines •
UK Wheaten Health Initiative • What Have We Learned from the Colony Dogs? • Differentiating RD from PLN • Ask the Researchers • Test! Test! Test! • Pyometra in Bitches • Pyometra – One Breeder’s Story • Books on Genetics • DNA Research & Testing • Genes, Dogs & Cancer: Canine Cancer Conference • Research: Hemangiosarcoma & Transitional Cell Carcinoma In Wheatens • Texas A&M PLE/IBD Study Update • Revised Post-Mortem Protocols •
AKC/CHF Canine Health Conference • CHIC Membership • Canine Phenome Project • Future of the Open Registry • A Breeder’s Response • Introduction to Genetics • Renal Dysplasia • Wheatens Needed for PLE Pilot Study • Tips on Ticks • Screening & Monitoring Intestinal Disease • New Vaccination Protocols • Revised Post-Mortem Protocol •