CH Navkatz Mr. Bluegenes (this cat was given to us byKeraktercats!) aka "Blues", male HCM negative at age 1, age 2 and age 7! PKD negative at age 7! Negative for the MYBPC3-Gene mutation (WSU lab) Hips rated normal by Dr. Kent Cooper, feline specialist in Dallas, Texas Prairiebaby Hope for Harvest aka "Harvest" , male HCM clear at age 3 Negative for the MYBPC3-Gene mutation Hips OFA certified Good Sire clear of HCM at age 5.4, dam clear of HCM at age 2 (maternal grandparents clear at clear at age 4.8 and age 5), many HCM, PKD and HD tested anchestors! Prairiebaby Prairiepaws'n (Songs for) Grace PP aka "Prairiepaws" - female HCM clearat age 3.2 and age 5.5 PKD clear at age 3.2 Negative for the MYBPC3-Gene mutation Sire HCM negative at age 6.3 SeveralHCM and PKD tested anchestors on the dam's side! Hips OFA certified Good CH Prairiebaby River Mercies aka "Ashanti" - female HCM and PKD clearat age4.3 , HCM re-test clearat age 5.6 Negative for the MYBPC3-Gene mutation Sire HCM negative at age 2, dam HCM negative at age 6! Hips tested Good in Sweden   QCH Bogy-Cats Xenos of Prairiebaby aka "Tigger" - male HCM and PKD negative at age 3.8 Negative for the MYBPC3-Gene mutation 2 generations of HCM and PKD tested anchestors! Hips OFA certified Good Prairiebaby Come to The River aka "Jericho" - male HCM and PKD clear at age 16 months, HCM re-tested clear at age 3.8 and age 4.8 (Negative for the MYBPC3-Genemutation) 1 generation of HCM and PKD tested anchestors Hips OFA prelimGood Prairiebaby Mercy Sweet Spring Rain PP aka "Rayn" - female Negative for the MYBPC3-Gene mutation Dam HCM negative at age 6.3 SeveralHCM and PKD tested anchestors on Sire's side! Hips OFA pending Coonopry River Song for Hope aka "Hazelnut/ Rose" - female HCM negative at age 2 Negative for the MYBPC3-Gene mutation SireHCM clear 3 times up to age4.8,dam HCM clear 3 times up toage 4 Hips OFA prelim good Three siblings: 1. CH Prairiebaby Hope of Eternity aka "Sylvan" - male HCM negative at age 1, age 4 and age 5.4 Negative for the MYBPC3-Gene mutation Hips OFA prelim excellent SeveralHCM, HDand PKD tested anchestors! 2. Prairiebaby Rise Up and Dance P aka "Jelly Roll", female HCM negativeat age 6.3 (second test) Hips OFA prelim good at 16 months PKD tested negative SeveralHCM, HDand PKD tested anchestors!   3. Prairiebaby Hope Springs Eternal P aka "Whalebear P", male HCM negative at age 6.3 (second test) Hips OFA prelim good at 20 months PKD tested negative SeveralHCM, HDand PKD tested anchestors! Kumskaka PP Whisper on the Wind, aka "Jolie", female HCM negative at age 3 Negative for the MYBPC3-Gene mutation Several HCM and PKD tested anchestors Hips OFA prelim fair More HCM results copied from my old homepage: Sid of PrairieBaby, aka Sid (F1)- male clear at age 4 years Canada Graceland of Prairiebaby, aka Canada (F1) - female, clear at age 2 and clear at age 6! Negative for the MYBPC3- Gen mutation   Kumskaka Eternal Mission, aka Eternity (F4) - female clear at screening age 2 1/2, 4.2 age 4 and at age 6 Fourpaws Sparrow, aka Sparrow(F2)- female age at screening: 2 1/2 years, can hopefully be re-tested PrairieBaby Plowman Songs of Hope, aka Plowman (F2)- male (Son of Sid and Eternity) age at screening:6 1/2 months,1 generation of tested anchestors at high age! GCH Tati-Tan's Silhouette of PrairieBaby, aka Silhouette - male age at screening: 8 years Thunderpaw Ransom, aka Ransom(F3) - male (son of Turtlesoup and Soozn) age of screening: almost 1 year 2 -4 generations of tested anchestors! PrairieBaby I Love All You Made, aka Oktober (F2)- female age of screening: 11 months PrairieBaby Fear No Evil, aka Fearless (F2) - male age of screening: 1 year PrairieBaby Refuge In Your Shadow, aka Kasimir (F3)- male (son of Clarabel and Fear No Evil) clear at age 1and at age 3 will hopefull bere-tested several tested anchestors! TCH PrairieBaby Ambassador of Grace, aka Brock (F5) male (son of Silhouette and Eternity) clear at 19 months and age 3.8 Troponin test negative at 19 months both parents HCM clear at age 6 and 8! PrairieBabyCover Me I Will Sing, aka Luisa (F3) - female daughter of Oktober and Ransom clear at age 17 months 2 (partly 3) generations oftested anchestors. PrairieBaby Rest In His Shadow, aka Haley (F3) female (daugter of Clarabel and Fear No Evil, granddaughter of Sparrow and Singleton) clear at age 2.4 and 3.1 2 -4 generations of tested anchestors PrairieBaby Plowman Songs of Freedom, aka Coldoldbear (F3)- male (Son of Plowman and Oktober) clear at age 22 months and age 3.7, 2 -3 generations of tested anchestors PrairieBaby River Revival, aka Franky Frownsalot - F2 male clear at almost age 2 (second test) will hopefull be be re-tested rieBaby Love Covers, Praiaka Coral female (daughter of Luisa and Brock) clear at age 2 1/2 Negative for the MYBPC3- Gene mutation many tested anchestors on both sides! PrairieBaby Rise Up And Dance, aka Jelly Roll, female (daughter of Dolly P and Coldoldbear) clear at age 16 months and clear at 6.3 Negative for the MYBPC3- Gene mutation many tested anchestors on boh sides! PrairieBaby In The River I Remain, aka Jazzie Jazz clear at age 20 months PrairieBaby Even So Come, aka Sophia female (daughter of Prairiegirl and Masterweaver clear at age 15 months, will be re-tested at later date PrairieBaby Hope Springs Eternal P , aka Whalebear P (son of Dolly P and Coldoldbear) clear at age 18 months and clear at age 6.3, many tested ancestors PrairieBaby Rest In Fields of Grace clear at age 14 months will be re-tested in pet home many tested anchestors on both sides!   PKD and HD test resultsto follow! Please visit http://web.archive.org/web/20060321092703/www.prairiebaby.com/id15.htm to see more testing results! (note the .comsite is very outdated!)   PrairiebabyHealth Statistics (from 2004) http://web.archive.org/web/20050223173826/www.prairiebaby.com/id76.htm Please note that some of the links on our old .com homepage are outdated   Hip displasia and the use of foundation lines:   The use of foundation lines is crucial to get rid of HD in our breed. In 2005 I phoned OFA and talked to one of the doctors there. This is the data I received:   Since 1990 a total of 870 Maine Coon cats were tested by OFA (The total number of preliminary results could not be obtained from OFA. I was told the percentages of preliminary results were very similar to the certified results.)   Out of those 870 Maine Coons 668 passed OFA. This means ca. 77 % passed OFA. This means ca. 23 % did not pass OFA.   Here are the total results out of the 870 sent in x-rays:   38 x excellent   417 x good   213 x fair   5 x borderline   101 x mild   82 x moderate   14 x severe   The doctor said that they have seen an immense decline in Maine Coon x-rays sent in for evaluation over the past years. (I assume because most Maine Coon breeders don't use OFA anymore for one reason or another ). OFA's biggest year for tesing was appearantly 1999 with 200 x-rays sent in that year.   Here are the stats:   1999: 200 sent in, 24 % displastic   2000: 101 sent in, 24.8 % displastic   2002: 75 sent in, 21.3 % displastic   2003: 51 sent in, 23.5 % displastic   2004: 39 sent in, 25.6 % displastic(!!)   Looking at the numbers above, the number in displastic cats does not seem to have declined over the years at all! An assumptious reason for this would be that cats that test clear of HD with OFA get bred back into the affected gene pool of the Maine Coon breed. It should also be mentioned that OFA is based on a voluntary submission program. So we need to keep in mind that many breeders are only sending the radiographs to OFAthat their own vets evaluate as "good". And what does that tell us? That the number of displastic Maine Coons is in reality muchhigher even than 1/4 of the breed!!   Now I compared the OFA %% information with my own personal testing data of 2005: 43 high foundation contentcats (this isn't to advertise my bloodlines, but rather to make a statement):   OFA excellent: 9out of 43 (full foundation or very high foundation content) OFA good: 28 (not 27, sorry)out of 43 (full foundation or very high foundation content) OFA fair: 5 out of 43 (mix out of regular lines/part foundation)   OFA moderate: 1 out of 43 (very high foundation content, ca. 4 years ago If I compare these numberswith the total OFA statisticsI do see a big difference here. Only one of these foundation/part foundation Maine Coonsdid not pass. This would be2.3 %NOT passed versus 23 % NOTpassed in TOTALfor Maine Coons (Again, there might be a slight variation because the total numbers for Maine Coons were certified only (not prelim), but as I was told by OFA that the prelim percentages were very similar). This information provesthe necessity of true outcrossing in the Maine Coon breed - outcrossing that is not just visible in 4 generations, but goes all the way back tothe first generation. It is actually irresponsible not to use new foundation lines in a breeding proram! Note: This e-mail was written in 2005! I have done about 25more hip tests since with similar results. (the sametrivial occurance of HD in relation to the cats that passed OFA). Judith Schulz