I am proud to be a founding member of The Malagasy Coton de Tulear Preservation Club. Created by a group of long time, knowledgeable and forward thinking breeders of the Coton de Tulear to responsibly take the breed into the future by using DNA testing and other new technologies to allow for sustainable breeding practices.
All of our club's breeding Cotons will have been DNA tested by Embark Veterinary, Inc., a research partner with the esteemed Cornell University of Veterinary Medicine. The MCPC will also be collaborating with the Institute of Canine Biology, an intellectual consortium of scientists from around the world, with expertise in using current DNA technology in canine genetics.
What this means to you is that by bringing home a Coton de Tulear from a Code of Ethics MCPC breeder, you can know that the parents of your puppy have been carefully chosen using the many tools that are available to all breeders with the MCPC. Extensive health testing, including DNA analysis and currently in development, a breeder tool exclusively available to our club's breeders that will also allow us to analyze a breeding pair's genetic profile, including the coefficient of inbreeding on the chromosome level of a puppy that they might produce. By choosing a responsibly bred MCPC Coton puppy, you can feel confident that you are contributing to the preservation of this wonderful breed. And as a Coton de Tulear lover, I thank you for that.
All of our club's breeding Cotons will have been DNA tested by Embark Veterinary, Inc., a research partner with the esteemed Cornell University of Veterinary Medicine. The MCPC will also be collaborating with the Institute of Canine Biology, an intellectual consortium of scientists from around the world, with expertise in using current DNA technology in canine genetics.
What this means to you is that by bringing home a Coton de Tulear from a Code of Ethics MCPC breeder, you can know that the parents of your puppy have been carefully chosen using the many tools that are available to all breeders with the MCPC. Extensive health testing, including DNA analysis and currently in development, a breeder tool exclusively available to our club's breeders that will also allow us to analyze a breeding pair's genetic profile, including the coefficient of inbreeding on the chromosome level of a puppy that they might produce. By choosing a responsibly bred MCPC Coton puppy, you can feel confident that you are contributing to the preservation of this wonderful breed. And as a Coton de Tulear lover, I thank you for that.