Now you can test for the mutated gene at home by swabbing the inside of your catās cheek and submitting the sample to the Veterinary Cardiac Genetics Laboratory at Washington State University . Sixty percent of mixed-breed dog owners are curious about their dogās ancestry, according to a survey by Mars Veterinary . Also available is the Wisdom Panelā”¢ MX Mixed Breed Analysis test by Mars Veterinary and Waltham Center for Pet Nutrition . Breakthroughs in cloning technology prompted a California-based company, Genetic Savings and Clone, to offer cat cloning services for $50,000 per cat in early 2004. Cori Gross is a feline-only veterinarian from Seattle, WA, and serves as a field veterinarian for Veterinary Pet Insurance . She currently divides her time between lecturing at veterinary colleges on the topic of pet health insurance, practicing in feline-only medicine, volunteering at a local cat shelter, and writing about veterinary medicine. read more

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