This flies in the face of breeding protocols for Cavaliers, a breed beset by inherited health issues as I wrote about here a few days ago. (janettaharvey.com)
With so little previously known about the larger Pacific striped octopus, the team hopes to continue studying the dietary needs of newly - hatched planktonic larvae to develop a captive breeding protocol and learn more about the animal's full life cycle. (sciencedaily.com)
Prevention of a disease is always the most prudent route to go and in the case of DCM in the IWH careful breeding protocols by not breeding to known carriers will go a long way in eliminating this disease in the breed. (iwfoundation.org)