Maine Coon Cattery Macadamia

Information for petowners

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Before buying your kitten, it is important that you are well prepared. Below you will find information in Dutch which provides you a good starting point to read about buying a kitten, the Maine Coon breed and what you can expect when you have a cat walking around your house.

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Documents (all in Dutch):

• Huisdierbijsluiter (bron: www.licg.nl)

• Maine Coon bijsluiter (bron: www.licg.nl)

• Aanschaffen van een huisdier (bron: www.licg.nl)

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Websites and online articles (all in Dutch):

• Landelijk Informatiecentrum Gezelschapdieren

• Kat in de zak (Rasclub Maine Coon)

• Maine Coon database Pawpeds

• Maine Coon heritage site (Pawpeds)

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Information for breeders (and other interested people)

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Pawpeds and the Dutch Rasclub Maine Coon site have good articles that played a big part in developing our breeding goals and program. If you want to know more about this way of breeding, I can recommend you to read the articles below.

• Aangevolen testen en fokadvies Maine Coon (Dutch article) (Rasclub Maine Coon)

• Inbreeding And Its Effect On The Immune System (Pawpeds)

• Breed To Avoid Genetic Diseases (Pawpeds)

• Healthprogrammes (Pawpeds)

• Health Programmes: what is it all about? (Pawpeds)

• Breed to Avoid Genetic Diseases (Pawpeds)

• Using Relative Risk Pedigree Analysis and Open Health Registries to Plan Matings (Pawpeds)

• Eliminating Mutation: The Impossible Dream (Pawpeds)

• Genetics (Pawpeds)

• Natural Protection of Genetic Variation (Pawpeds)

• Genetics And Breeding Strategies: Essays For The Dog Breeder (Pawpeds)

• Maneuvering the Maze of Genetic Tests: Interpretation and Utilization (Pawpeds)

• Informatie over fokken van Maine Coons (Dutch article)(Rasclub Maine Coon)