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this is our (planed) calendar of events for 2010

date organizing Cat Club city / town hall / locallity

February 07th CFE F - 68000 Colmar Parc des expositions - Avenue de la Foire aux vins
[ February 20th / -:- SDRV e.V D - 89233 Neu-Ulm Seehalle Pfuhl, Holzstr.39 ]
==> Dear friends and catfriends of our beloved Norwegians Unfortunately, we canceled our presence at the show  Neu-Ulm <==
March 13rd / -:- RKS e.V. / 1.DEKZV e.V. D - 73033 Göppingen Stadthalle / Cityhall
Blumenstrasse 41
April 10th / -:- KfB e.V. / 1.DEKZV e.V. D - 95463 Bindlach / near Bayreuth Bärenhalle
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==> NEWS <==
December 2009 - April 2010
... a secret will be disclosed ...

Large events throw their shade ahead; a great adventure of 'non-Kitty-type' !
Although there are a lot of problems and finally a great risk, which are bounded to such a big project :
Our new home began to grow

In Summer we want to move, NO - we have to move !
(but finally there still will be some more problems until we have finished !)
(more later !)
Our first thoughts,
after we have go the quitting of
our rented house (after 16 years)
- Que sera  - ???
Can we take the risk
to realise another dream ???

FRIENDS !!!

As sometimes you might say :

Friends in need ...
... are friends indeed !
Our friends, they helped us a lot and gave
us thousands of advices in preparing the way
to find an older house, and finally for new
own home and too they helped us to find
a good parcel and to look what's realisable !

So many thanks to you, friends ,
Karl-Heinz, Ingrid and Nadine,

and many thanks too to all others who stand
by us, physical and mental !
X-mas - great astonishment !
ONE thought, ...
... - now finally an own house ! ??? 'hex - hex ' ... the way from the first ideas,
to the first models ! :-)))
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Ice age, all is resting ! Ice age 2009 / 2010
Such a long and hard wintertime !
Our timetable is destroyed again and again !
Ice age
- such a nerve-wracking compulsory break !
Springtime :
can we start finally , should we ???
A new phase in our life has started
setting of the construction limits
excavating the humus
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digging the building pit digging the building pit,
for the Easter-eggs,
we have to dig very deep !  :-)))
the building pit
at 01.04.2010
house builder Roswitha house builder Roswitha,
she's so happy and relieved,
that we could began finally !
preparing the bottom-plate
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preparing the bottom-plate preparing the bottom-plate bottom-plate is ready
building of the basement finishing of the basement last but not least
concreting the ceiling of the cellar
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first visual check by
house builder Michael
wetting the cellar ceiling by the house builder basement is ready
basement is ready basement is insulated basement is insulated
at 30.04.2010

- to be continued ! -
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10th April 2010

D - BINDLACH/Bayreuth

Our beloved cat SISSI was nominated for BiS

and she has reached her FIFe-Champion-title !

FIFe-CH / CH  DK*  CHARLA CATS SIDSE

For a longer time our last cat event in 2010 ?! (see above)
CH / FIFe-CH  DK* CHARLA CATS SIDSE / 'SISSI'
black-tortie / white
pedigree
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13. March 13th 2010
D - 73033 GÖPPINGEN
A wonderful and stressless cat-show

Our beloves SISSI became Best in Variety


CH  DK*  CHARLA CATS SIDSE

in face of great competitors !
CH DK* CHARLA CATS SIDSE / 'SISSI'
black-tortie / white
pedigree
Our KK-litter is born !

* 2010 February 26th

Our sweet 'PUPPI' and her well beloved 'CARLOS' did fool us :-)))

and they presented us six wonderful kittens !

CONGRATULATION to the cat-family

as well as to the 'cat-parents'

and all the best for a healthy cat-life !
GEC Quo Vadis av BARNEDROEM with KK-litter av BARNEDROEM
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February 2010

The GENETICAL_Tests from ' BARBAROSSA av BARNEDROEM ' are finished : ==> results : 'red-amber'

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07th of February 2010
F - 68000 COLMAR
it was a great and wonderful one-day-cat-show
(370 cats / 40 NFO)

All our cats got their points and

our Youngster


WINNETOU av BARNEDROEM

was nominated for BiS in face of lots of competitors

and further, our cats ARTEMIS and ANNI-FRID got their Int.Champion-title
WINNETOU av BARNEDROEM ; red-tabby-spotted/white
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December 2009 / January 2010

Large events throw their shade ahead
(more later, when the time is ripe to tell !)
October / November 2009

=> November : The Jaques Bougler Award 2009 is awarded to Marcs dissertation !
CONGRATULATION !!!

=> November : last update to our PARVO-story - please read below !

=> October/November : 
since about four weeks, a sweet, nice and typical magic Fay did touch us - and assumed power about us.
She is very well and sooooo wonderful !

(more later, when the time is ripe to tell !)
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September 2009

NEWS ==> AMBER / AMBER-TABBY


After getting all clearances for publishing, now you can find centralized all

AMBER-LINKS and further informations at our AMBER-SPECIAL-SITE


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Finally our JJ-litter is born !

* 2009 July 04th

Uour beloved 'PUPPI' gave birth

to a 'wonderful great' litter !

CONGRATULATION !

to the fine cat-family
and to the cat-'parents'
and all the best for a fulfilled cat-life !
GEC Quo Vadis av BARNEDROEM together with JJ-litter av BARNEDROEM
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June 2009

NFO-amber-aktuell - NFO-amber-tabby-aktuell : Marc PETERSCHMITT - abstractum in 'Animal Genetics'  : NFO-amber-news - NFO-amber-tabby-news

=> die komplette Dissertation in Französisch / the complete dissertation in French => 'amber - spezial' (~6 MB) <=
=> eine deutsche Kurzfassung der offiziellen AMBER-Forschungsergebnisse erscheint demnächst in einem Katzenmagazin <=
=> soon there will be published an offical abstraction in a German-Cat-Magazine; than you can find here the translation too <=


(with kind permission of the author)
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EXPORT !

2009 April 25th to 28th, three wonderful days at friends in a foreign country,

friends, where we brought AGNETHA for breeding !

CH + FIFe-CH   D* AGNETHA av BARNEDROEM

AGNETHA too was cool and happy there immediately and felt very well !

CH + FIFe-CH   D* AGNETHA av BARNEDROEM / 'BAMBI'
amber-tabby-blotched
pedigree
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Dear EVITA,

just one year ago you must leave us forever

absolutely surprising and completely unprepared

Till today it hurts such a lot, when we remember you

IC EVITA INGVYSDOTTIR av BARNEDROEM

Togehter we had such wonderful planes,

but it shouldn't happen

Forevermore we will remember you in love !

(please see PARVO-story-link / above)         12.02.2009
IC EVITA INGVYSDOTTIR av BARNEDROEM
black-tabby-blotched/amber-carrier
*13.09.2006 - +12.02.2008
pedigree
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D - REGENSBURG

2009 February 07th/08th

CEC N* LOTTEHUSET's AZLAC

was nominated for BiS

finished 1st place at honnour class
and
1st place at European ring judgement
GEC  N* LOTTEHUSET's AZLAC / 'SNURRY'
black-tabby-blotched
pedigree
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D - REGENSBURG

2009 February 07th

ABRACADABRA av BARNEDROEM

was nominated for BiS

ABRACADABRA av BARNEDROEM
amber-tabby-blotched
pedigree (same as Agnetha av Barnedroem)
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D - REGENSBURG

2009 February 07th

CH AGNETHA av BARNEDROEM

was nominated for BiS

CH  AGNETHA av BARNEDROEM
amber-tabby-blotched
pedigree
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D - REGENSBURG

2009 February 07th/08th

GEC YBRO av BARNEDROEM

was nominated for BiS

and 3rd place at honnour class
Dear Doris,
our best CONGRATULATION for oyu both !
GEC  YBRO av BARNEDROEM - 'Fips'
amber
pedigree
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D - REGENSBURG

2009 February 07th

BENNY av BARNEDROEM

has finished the title

INTERNATIONAL  CHAMPION

Dear Maria,
our best CONGRATULATION for oyu both !
IC  BENNY av BARNEDROEM / Cattery vom Bergwald
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français / french

here his complete doctoral thesis from 31.01.2009
194 sites / ~ 6 MB / French

(with kind permission of the author)

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Finally our beloved 'SISSI' did gave us a wonderful gift !

* 2009 January 11th

Her first litter
was borm last night !

CONGRATULATIONS to Mum and Daddy

as well as to the 'cat-parents'

Good Luck for a healthy and fulfilled cat life !

CH  DK* CHARLA CATS Sidse / 'SISSI' with ii-litter av BARNEDROEM
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D - ROETHENBACH

2008 May 31st / June 01st

YBRO av BARNEDROEM

first at cat club SDRV e.V. breeded male
in the colour AMBER (non-agouti)

which got the title GREAT EUROPEAN CHAMPION !

further he was nominated for Best in Show !

Dear Doris, our warmest CONGRATULATIONS

to you and to your lovely guy 'Fips'
GEC  YBRO av BARNEDROEM / 'FIPS'
amber
pedigree
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IN CAUSE  OF  A  SADDEN REASON - December 2007

Dear catfriends, on the occasion of a sadden reason, we will remind you of our
report, called

'Giftpflanzen' of 2002 (only in German; please see below) !

In general it is known, that all PLANTS, GROWING UP OF BULBS are TOXIC !!!

That includes germinated garlic as well as germinated
onions ! Very dangerous is the situation in WINTER and SPRING, when there are lots of germinated plants like AMARYLLIS ; HYACINTHS ; TULIPS and DAFFODILS(narcissus) and some else indoor ! Not only the germinated plants are dangerous, but the water in the vase of the cut flowers are a substantial risk !

In the actual case, at friends, a kitten did eat parts of an Amaryllis-flower and it died only some hours later. The mainly alkaloid of the AMARYLLIS and similar plants is LYCORINE ; in small dose rates at human health it results to sickness, vomitus and diarrhoea, in high dose rates it leads to convulsions, paralysis and collapse. What ever may occur to a young cat ? The kitten didn't have any chance, not really !? Please have a look at WIKIPEDIA and other websites too; especially data bases which depends on toxines.
In nature the animals don't touch toxical plants instinctively, BUT indoor there is a complete other situation !
In nature mostly there are a lot of other poisons, as there are a lot of environmental toxines.

If it's possible to us, we will try to explain the coherences to laities for a better understanding, without guarantee of completeness, cause we are neither veterinarians nor toxicologists.


IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT or SUSPICION , please don't hesitate and don't loose any longer time to MEET IMMEDIATELY  YOUR  VET !

MEOW !

Michael BALDA ; graduated chemical engineer

December 2007

www.gifte.de and similar web-sites in English


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IMPORTANT NEWS FOR ALL BREEDERS OF NORWEGIAN FORESTCATS !!! ==> May 2007 - March 2008

There is a big 'trouble in the air' of breeding Norwegians : GSD-IV - GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE IV
Now it has reached Europe too, the knowledge about the genetic disease for GSD-IV at the breed of the Norwegians, which is already known for some time from the USA ! This disease doesn't come from the USA, but it depends in genetics of the NFO-foundations
and it is not bound at a special colour ! All breeders can be affected from this problem !

Finally there are companies in Europe too (ANTAGENE-France / LABOKLIN-Germany; as of 2007 May 18th)

which can analyse this genetic defect, which did creep into the breed at the foundations.

This genetic defect bases on a recessive gen, that was carried through the generations. Animals which are carriers DO NOT become SICK !

But they can give this genetic defect to their offsprings. If two offsprings which are carriers were mated, their kittens get the mutated gen
from both parents and they will be ill and will die after some days up to 15 months !

That's why it is very important to ALL breeders which bear responsibility to check their NFOs for GSD-IV

and to look at the results in front of their future matings.

Youngsters which should got for breeding with, MUST be TESTED too, if ONE partner of their parents is carrier for GSD-IV.

This is the only way for getting GSD-IV-free generations in future and only by this selection you can eliminate this genetic disease !

WE TOO DID TEST OUR CATS !

Now all GSD-IV-test-results for our actual breeding-cats are back from the laboratory and we are glad that we can say :


CARLOS and SNURRY as well as PUPPI , STERNI , AGNETHA , ANNI-FRID , ARTEMIS und SISSI are GSD-IV NORMAL (that means GSD-IV-free),
as well as all our self-breeded cats from those parents in former time and in future

From our FORMER breeder-cats/(most of them are neutered already) for the moment we could test the following cats:


FJANDI vom HAUBERG - free

BALTIMOOR's BLUE-NITA -
free
LEJON av BARNEDROEM - free
MIKKELINE av BARNEDROEM - carrier (neutered)
OSIRIS BJÖRNSON av BARNEDROEM - free

RATINO av BARNEDROEM - free
SERAFINA av BARNEDROEM - carrier (neutered)
EVITA YNGVISDOTTIR av BARNEDROEM-free

VIRPPI av BARNEDROEM - free

PEER GYNT av BARNEDROEM - free (cause the parents are tested GSD-IV-free)
XENON av BARNEDROEM - free (cause the parents are tested GSD-IV-free)
YNGVI av BARNEDROEM - free (cause the parents are tested GSD-IV-free)
YBRO av BARNEDROEM - free (cause the parents are tested GSD-IV-free)

and so are the litters : P - Q - T - U - W - X - Y - BB - CC - DD - FF - av BARNEDROEM - free
(cause the parents are tested GSD-IV-free or the kittens are tested themselves completely/CC)

and from our neutered cats

TITANIA av BARNEDROEM - free (cause the parents are tested GSD-IV-free)
XENIA av BARNEDROEM - free (cause the parents are tested GSD-IV-free)

Further tests with our kittens, breeding-cats (and neutered-cats) will follow if necessary !

For more information read the magazine 'KATZEN-EXTRA' from JULY 2007(german) OR have a look at the following links :

http://w3.vet.upenn.edu/research/centers/penngen/services/deublerlab/gsd4.html

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/L_P_swepston/GSD.htm

and :


GSD IV

http://www.laboklin.de ==>
PLEASE LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING LINKS : english =>
genetic => genetic diseases => cat =>
GSD IV - glykogen storage disease typ IV
http://www.biofocus.de ==>
PLEASE LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING LINKS : =>
Service & Produkte => Molekulargenetik Tier => Katze =>
genetisch bedingte Erbkrankheiten =>
GSD IV - glykogen storage disease typ IV
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SORRY, BUT ONLY IN GERMAN !!!

our yearly reviews and some subject areas of report

looking back on 2006   2,24 MB pdf-file

looking back on 2005          1,99 MB pdf-file

looking back on 2004          1,95 MB pdf-file

looking back on 2003          1,49 MB pdf-file

looking back on 2002          2,81 MB pdf-file

looking back on 2001          0,73 MB pdf-file

we're so sorry, but there are no further reviews available !

our subject areas of report :

Rasse-Portrait :  Die Norwegische Waldkatze /
 The Norwegian Forest Cat
2,66 MB pdf-file
review / 20.10.2006


Impfungen / vaccinations          143 kB pdf-file / current review under construction


Panleukopenia / Parvo-Story 2008-2009         137 kB pdf-file NEW
Warum ? / Why ?         69 kB pdf-file
NEW


Frühkastration / early neutering           119 kB pdf-file

Tellington-Touch / TTouch - LTJ-method          84 kB pdf-file

Giftpflanzen / poisonous plants          160 kB pdf-file

important informations / scientific research results :

Dr. vet. Marc Peterschmitt :
doctoral thesis : AMBER-colour at the NFO / French
~ 6 MB / 194 sites pdf-file
published : Lyon, 31.01.2009
(with kind permission of the author)
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SUMMARY (updated : 20.04.2008/15.11.2009)
01) Fact is, the current vaccination (against feline infectious enteritis) did faile
02) Fact is, that there are NO FURTHER CATS from our cattery which are involved , than those I've told/written above (EVITA+ ; AGNETHA uad ANNI-FRID). All other cats still remained healthy and since at the latest of March 15th the current phase of danger of infection is gone !
03) Too, fact is, that not only the first vaccine manufacturers, which were known, are concerned.
04) That's the reason why we think, that there must be a mutation of the parvovirus and a change of its properties. And the current vaccinations, which are available, are not adjusted to the new properties and so they did faile in a lot of cases (different catteries) ! Further it is known, that there is minimum one case, where it did faile at an infection by a well known virus-mutation (an older one). Further it's known from dog breeding that since the open European frontiers, there appeared new parvovirus-mutations from the Eastern part of Europe, where the current vaccinations are not updated and so they did faile; why not at the cats too ?
05) It is known, that there CAN BE a certain influence of the maternal antibodies, BUT IT  MUST  NO  TO  BE !!!
06) Further it is known, that the decrease of the maternal antibodies does not function in the same procedure, or better in the same time, at one kitten, than at another kitten of the same litter, and that it does not increase the building up of the own immune system of the kitten(s) in the same manner.
07) Indipendent of the assimilation of the maternal antibodies (normaly ca. 72% of the mother's antibody-titer) by the colostrum, after the first vaccination with living vaccine (attenuated vaccine) the kittens did show the same symptoms of sickness (vaccinating reaction as there are vomiting, diarrhoea, fever and sometimes loss of weight).
08) The assertion of some vaccine manufacturers, that this would be a problem only of the Norwegian Forestcats, this statement is disprovided unequivocally by the sientific work at the Veterinäry University of Munich (link see above), cause there was not even one Norwegian Forest cat involved !
09) In future WE ourselves WON'T USE ANYMORE FURTHER LIVING VACCINE (attenuated vaccine) , althought the vaccine manufacturers will tell us that the building up of the immune system will grow up faster, than with inactivated vaccines.
10) Further it is known, often living vaccines do show plain vaccine reactions at the cats, which you wont find in using inactivated vaccines and it is known, that kittens which were vaccinated with attenuated vaccines, are excreting the virus for some time. Regarding this fact, it will be a very high risk, cause other cats of the same household (for example pregnant cats or other new litters) could be infected with the parvovirus in this way and it can result in developmental disorders of the foetuses !
11) Young cats (kittens) which were vaccinated with attenuated vaccines often have the symptoms of sickness of which the consequence is, that their weaked immune system must fight against secondary (bacterial or viral) infects too, sometimes with lethal result. This is known over years of a lot of different catteries !
12) In our opinion the following does speak against attenuated vaccines too : tests of our cats did show, that cats which were vaccinated for years with living vaccines, don't have a better vaccine protection, than the others which were vaccinated by inactiveted vaccines. Mostly the last ones show a better parvovirus-antibody-titer, even after a break of vaccination, than those which were vaccinated with live vaccine !!!
13) Clarification of the parvovirus-antibody-titer of a female, before she will be mated, perhaps revaccination, if neccessary.
14) Imperatively clarification of the parvovirus-antibody-titer, if a cat will go to cat-shows or to another cattery, perhaps revaccination, if neccessary. BUT THAT CANNOT BE SERIOUS for the FUTURE !!!  This is the point where the vaccine manufacturers are requested to updated their vaccines with the current mutations !!! All cat-breeders are willing to bring in their knowledge of the last 15 (or more) breeding years, cause we ALL are concerned. Not only in our own opinion there must be done something to optimize the current vaccines immediately by the vaccine manufacturers !!!
15) We want to try to change the vaccine manufacturers yearly, if possible, to be better prepared against other mutations of the parvovirus in future.
16) For the cat shows it will be neccessary to clean and disinfect consequently the cages and the tables of the judges, with substances which are against parvoviruses too ( for example TAD CID ; VIRKON S or one of the others ) if it's not done already. But always you must remember : even after the best disinfection then there can still remain some very few viruses or bacteria.

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Dear catbreeders and catfriends, perhaps you're concerned too : It costs quite an effort to publish those problems, even if oneself is concerned. But trust fidelity and candidness. ONLY by making things transparent, WE  ALL  TOGETHER  CAN  CHANGE  THINGS for our beloved animals, perhaps even in an upper scale.
Don't hesitate and contact us, either Gisela and Bernd GORITZKA (Earl Grey's ; please see below) or mail to us, if you're concerned in the same or similar problems. We all are willing to help you, if we can and we estimate for the confidence shown to us. Self-evident we will observe secrecy, if you wish so.

- MEOW -

Roswitha and Michael
2008 April 20th / 2009 November 15th

further concerned catteries :

KIT – a summary of all known parvo-virus-titers at the different catteries AND different breeds !
http://www.katzengesundheit.hcm-info.de/katzenseuche/katzenseuche.htm


http://www.earlgreys.de/f_set1_k.html

http://www.byglandsfjord.de/html/katzenseuche.htm

http://www.vom-gahlenhof.de/

http://www.nessis-tierwelt.de.tl/Unser-Parvovirose_Hollocaust.htm?PHPSESSID=78480723b258acff5c799ada42adf825

http://norwegerlis.chapso.de/parvovirus-s316955.html

http://www.vom-wotanswald.de/Html/Sonstiges/die_tragoedie.htm



further important and very interesting informations about this theme PANLEUKOPENIA and other additional informations :

Scientific work about PANLEUKOPENIE at the Veterinary Universität Munich ( pdf-file of aout 167 sides ! ) (German; a summary in English is available iat the www)
http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=974022128&dok_var=d1&dok_ext=pdf&filename=974022128.pdf

List of vaccines from Paul-Ehrlich-Institutes; partially with details of the vaccines (German/partially multilingual)
http://www.pei.de/nn_154718/DE/arzneimittel/vet-mittel/katzen/katzen-node.html?__nnn=true

Preface to vaccinations ( of human medicine; valig also for veterinary medicin ! )(German)
http://www.wissen.swr.de/tatort-mensch/deutsch/kurse/kurs1/

http://www.wissen.swr.de/tatort-mensch/deutsch/kurse/kurs1/kurs1_4.html

detailed vet-informations (English)
http://www.emea.europa.eu

detailed informations about the veterinary medicin (English)
http://www.emea.europa.eu/index/indexv1.htm

detailed informations about the veterinary medicamentx / drugs (English)
http://www.drugs.com/vet/

detailed informations about the veterinary medicamentx / drugs (English)); especially cats :
http://www.drugs.com/vet/cats-a.html


© av Barnedroem 2008 - 2009
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Dear catfriends and friendly breeders ! Constantly, all our cats are under veterinary health control and tested FeLV-/FIV-antibody negative actually ! Of course our animals are chipped, dewormed manifold and have passed all kinds of vaccinations (only inactivated vaccines!) against : feline infectious enteritis(3×), respiratory viral diseases(3×), feline leukemia(2×), feline chlamydia psittaci and FIP(on special demand) and rabies In the past, we never before had any cause of HCM and PKD in our lines. All our breeding-cats are GSD IV-free, partially until fifth generation 'GSD-IV - special' . A thorough hygienic and health care of our beloved animals is guaranteed. Our kittens will leave us with a health certificate and not before they are 16 weeks old
=> for more information and blind dates with our cats,
please feel free to contact us !
our special darlings from our
Y-litter , DD-litter , EE-litter , GG-litter and HH-litter
the special x-colours
AMBER and AMBER-TABBY
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