Message from Joyce Kinghorn
Outgoing GRCA President
In 1993 the GRCA Board of Directors approved the heritability
factor of hip dysplasia vis a vis the PennHip method
as proposed by Morris Animal Foundation with Dr. Gail
Smith as principle investigator. The study funded by
the club concluded in March, 1996. In April, 1997, I
received a notice from Morris Animal Foundation that
the final figures had been received. However, because
of confidentiality between the Foundation and Dr. Smith,
I was not at liberty to disseminate the information to
the membership of the club. Dr. Smith was to work on
his manuscript and to publish it as soon as possible.
Once that publication was accomplished, GRCA would be
welcome to publish the final report.
In July, 1998, having heard nothing further from Morris
Animal Foundation in regards to the final publishing
of the study, I called the foundation and spoke with
the director, Dr. Robert Hilsenroth. The following letter
deals directly with the current status of the results
of the study as of August 20, 1998:
Letter from Dr. Robert
Hilsenroth, Executive Director Morris Animal Foundation. |
