Optigen Cataract Study for the German Pinscher I am pleased to relay
that we have only a few more samples to be received by OptiGen, for
their requirement of fifteen to be met, 15 for affecteds, and 15 for old
clears. We have ample clears, we still need a few more affecteds. If
you have been meaning to send in a sample, and the winter weather has
just had you in a funk, please do so now that spring is sprung, and
"hope is renewed." The GPCA has partnered with OptiGen to help defray
the storage costs on these samples. Due to this, they have kept us
advised as to the NUMBER of samples they have received. We have sent
funds for thirty, once that thirty is reached, there will no longer be a
cut rate for the storage, or, we will follow up with funding for any
stragglers that send in samples. OptiGen has strict privacy regulations,
and will not divulge any information on where these samples were sent
from or by whom. Any innuendo on the public lists that this is NOT the
case is false, and misleading. We are on the home stretch now. Don't
let this opportunity slip away for our beloved breed. Lyn Stuby


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