Health and The AlaskanMalamute

As the AKC Breed Club for the Alaskan Malamute, the health of this magnificent breed is of paramount importance to AMCA, it's member breeders and the general membership.

Your participation is needed on Health Projects for our dogs!

Our Health Committee is proactively working to gather information relating to health issues and research. Some of the things the committee is working on can be found in the Health Committee Reports below.

The AMCA has joined CHIC, the Canine Health Information Center! For more info see the link under Information on our site or other sites of interest.

• The Alaskan Malamute Health website is the premier website concerning health issues and research relating to the Alaskan Malamute. This site was created and is actively maintained by a group of concerned AMCA members, including breeders, independent of AMCA, Inc. The site contains the most comprehensive compilation of information relating to health issues and health research concerning the Alaskan Malamute.

   

• The Alaskan Malamute Research Foundation (AMRF) website has additional information on Malamute health issues and research.

Information on our site:

• Health Column Index — Health columns written for the AMCA Newsletter by Jocelynn Jacobs-Knoll DVM

• Day Blindness

• Polyneuropathy in the Alaskan Malamute

• Chondrodysplasia Certification Committee

• Health Committee Reports

• AMCA/CHIC

Other sites of interest:

• Canine Inherited Disorders Data Base

• The Tellington Touch site

• The Pet Arthritis Resource Center

• ASPCA/National Animal Poison Control Center, the first and only animal-oriented poison control center in North America.

• Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA)

• The Canine Diversity Project

• CHIC

• Long Coat Gene Genetic test