All donors will be acknowledged in the AKC Gazette and in Akita Dog. The ACA is determined to make every effort to improve the health status of our breed. Thanks to the support of the membership, the Board of Directors has decided that the club will match 50 cents for every dollar contributed by club members to the Canine Health Foundation for the purpose of obtaining Parent Founding Member Club status. Donations to this fund may only be used to study health-related problems of the Akita. As of August, the database has over 850 Akitas in it, and several collaborative health studies are being arranged for the future.
All data are confidential and available only to researchers.
For more information this database, contact Dr John Angles, Center for Companion Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. For swab kits, contact Linda Wroth. Further information on this research can be found on the Health Pages of this Web Site. The 1998 Challenge Pin is out and can be ordered from Pam Tobin also. A picture should be available soon.