Grooming and other requirements All greyhounds must be groomed by brushing or bathing, whichever is necessary, at a frequency that ensures coats are kept in good, clean condition. All greyhounds must have their toenails checked and trimmed at a frequency that prevents overgrowth. Muzzling Greyhounds are not to be muzzled in housing pens. Basket muzzling during toileting, socialisation and group exercise is acceptable as a means of acclimatising greyhounds to muzzles for racing. However, greyhounds must not be muzzled for more than 30 minutes at a time during these activities. Barking muzzles must not be used except under strict, documented, direction by a veterinary practitioner. Barking muzzles must not be used for a period of more than five minutes at a time and no more than twice per day. Barking muzzles prevent drinking and panting which are essential for hydration and temperature regulation. Breeding Breeding mates must not be closely related to one another, such as father- daughter, mother-son, brother-sister, grandfather-granddaughter etc. Heritable defects All breeders must comply with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 (Vic), particularly with respect to the Code of Practice for the Responsible Breeding of Animals with Heritable Defects that Cause Disease. The proprietor or owner of any establishment notified that a greyhound sold by the establishment has been diagnosed by a veterinary practitioner as having a heritable disease or defect, or provided with reasonable evidence of a heritable disease or defect in the greyhound, must stop breeding from the parents of the greyhound until the following have been completed: the parents have been tested for the heritable disease or defect, if they are still used for breeding and an acceptable test is available. If an acceptable test is not available, the parents must be assessed by a veterinary practitioner for the heritable disease or defect; and existing offspring of those parents still currently residing at the establishment have been tested for the heritable disease or defect, where an acceptable test is available. If one or both of the parents have the heritable defect, genetic counselling must be obtained from a veterinary practitioner prior to continuing to breed with those greyhounds. If any offspring have the heritable defect, a sale or euthanasia plan must be developed in conjunction with a veterinary practitioner and all details about the
Grooming and other requirements All greyhounds must be groomed by brushing or bathing, whichever is necessary, at a frequency that ensures coats are kept in good, clean condition. All greyhounds must have their toenails checked and trimmed at a frequency that prevents overgrowth. Muzzling Greyhounds are not to be muzzled in housing pens. Basket muzzling during toileting, socialisation and group exercise is acceptable as a means of acclimatising greyhounds to muzzles for racing. However, greyhounds must not be muzzled for more than 30 minutes at a time during these activities. Barking muzzles must not be used except under strict, documented, direction by a veterinary practitioner. Barking muzzles must not be used for a period of more than five minutes at a time and no more than twice per day. Barking muzzles prevent drinking and panting which are essential for hydration and temperature regulation. Breeding Breeding mates must not be closely related to one another, such as father- daughter, mother-son, brother-sister, grandfather-granddaughter etc. Heritable defects All breeders must comply with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 (Vic), particularly with respect to the Code of Practice for the Responsible Breeding of Animals with Heritable Defects that Cause Disease. The proprietor or owner of any establishment notified that a greyhound sold by the establishment has been diagnosed by a veterinary practitioner as having a heritable disease or defect, or provided with reasonable evidence of a heritable disease or defect in the greyhound, must stop breeding from the parents of the greyhound until the following have been completed: the parents have been tested for the heritable disease or defect, if they are still used for breeding and an acceptable test is available. If an acceptable test is not available, the parents must be assessed by a veterinary practitioner for the heritable disease or defect; and existing offspring of those parents still currently residing at the establishment have been tested for the heritable disease or defect, where an acceptable test is available. If one or both of the parents have the heritable defect, genetic counselling must be obtained from a veterinary practitioner prior to continuing to breed with those greyhounds. If any offspring have the heritable defect, a sale or euthanasia plan must be developed in conjunction with a veterinary practitioner and all details about the
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