The intention of this page is to supply resources to other breeders, or those interested in the breed. Please feel free to reproduce or link to these, but please acknowledge the source.For those interested in genetic analysis I use Breedmate to calculate the co-efficient of inbreeding and to generate pedigrees. Compuped is another product which offers this facility
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Source |
Comments |
| Inbreeding, Australian COI Analysis |
The result of a number of years of collecting pedigrees. 10 generation pedigree analysis of 23,253 Australian Ridgebacks |
Written by Vicki June 2008. Corrections welcome. Will be updated |
| Comments on the Ridgeback gene |
Distillation of the recent scientific work done on the inheritance of the ridge |
Written by Clayton Heathcock in Feb 2008, reproduced with permission |
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Various breed standards |
Written by Vicki May 2005 |
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Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of Victoria Newsletter, Aug/Sept 1988 |
Written by Vicki, updated November 2002 |
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Rhodesian Ridgeback International Foundation |
Balanced overview of a very contentious subject |
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Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of Victoria Newsletter, Oct/Nov 1991 |
Written by Vicki, updated November 2002 |
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National Dog Magazine, Nov 2002 |
Written by Vicki- November 2002, Updated 2008 |
| Dysplasia |
From US working dogs website |
Good information on hip and elbow dysplasia |
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Emoyeni's kennels |
Excellent review of Hip and Elbow scoring programs in many countries |
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RR Club of the USA website |
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| Bloat- what is it? |
Internet site with lots of links |
General information on bloat |
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Latest information from Purdue University |
A definitive source of information on this condition |
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RR Club of the USA |
A very impressive data collection of conditions found in US Ridgebacks- our figures may vary slightly |
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Canadian research study |
Research into the link between inbreeding and longevity |
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Rhodesian Ridgeback International Foundation |
Useful information- note the RR Club of Victorian do not allow breeding of a bitch under 18 mths of age |
| Hypothyroidism |
From US Wolfhound site |
Article which shows a 16% incidence in US Ridgebacks tested |
| Genetic resources |
From US workingdogs |
A lot of references and links for book purchases |
| Pedigree analysis , Genetic diversity and Genetic disease control |
Article from Jerome Bell, BVM |
Well worth reading |
| Breeding and Whelping |
Lowchen site with lots of links |
Some links not working but useful information on ethical breeding |
| Unusual Ridgeback colours |
Kalahari ridgeback site |
Photos and links to information about unusual colouring |
| RR Pedigree search- European site |
Monika Pehr's excellent pedigree site |
Best site for Australian RRs. Now contains my Australian database with more photos being added. Find your pedigree here! |
| Pedigree On-line Search Tool- POST |
US based pedigree site |
Best for US dogs |